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Began eploration in the americas.
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Pineda maps the coastline from present day Florida to present day Texas.
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Cabeza de Vaca and three men survive the Narvaez expedition by being shipwrecked on Galvestine Island. They are captured by Indians and held prisoner for many years
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Pineda maps the coastline from present day Florida to present day Texas.
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Took over the de Soto expedition and led men into east Texas. He found petroleum, but did not know what its value was at the time. Turned around and backtracked home.
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Claimed the Rio Grande valley for Spain.
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The mission was built among the Tigua people in 1682. Shortly after the mission was built, 21 Spanish families moved to the area to meet the spiritual needs of the Tigua people.
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Built Fort Saint Louis, Garcitas Creek, Matagorda Bay, Texas.
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They feared that even though La Salle’s settlement had failed, France would send another group of settlers to try again.
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The mission was completely destroyed by flooding from the Neches River.
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The mission was permanently moved to San Antonio in 1731.
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A few years later, when they established the town of Nacogdoches, settlers used the empty buildings.
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The mission was located on the east bank of the San Antonio River. During the 1730s and 1740s, the mission suffered from repeated attacks by the hostile Apache indians.
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The mission had a difficult beginning, but soon the 300 Indians who lived there became successful farmers and ranchers.
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The mission was built to serve the Karankawa indians and to reinforce the Spanish presence in the area to help keep the French out of Texas.
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Within a few years, San Juan became a successful mission with rich farmland, orchards, and gardens.
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The mission was renamed and move to the San Antonio area in 1731, becoming the fifth mission in the chain of missions along the San Antonio River.
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The missions closed the following year.
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It was attacked and destroyed in a revolt by Indians less than a year later.
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Irish immigrants to the area named their settlement after the mission.
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