1. Native Americans Served
Mapping the Missions
Official Name
We’re going to call it…
Symbol
Date Founded and River
Native Americans Served
Claim to Fame
Corpus Christi de Ysleta
Ysleta
1682
Rio Grande
Jumano and Tiguas
1st permanent settlement of Europeans in Texas
1st
San Francisco de los Tejas
Tejas Mission
1690
Neches
Caddos (Tejas)
1st Spanish mission in East Texas
San Juan Bautista
San Juan
1700
Rio Grande
Coahuiltecans
½ -way station b/w Mexico City and East TX Missions; “Mother of the Missions”
San Antonio de Valero
Valero (Alamo)
Tonkawa
Coahuiltecans
Known as the Alamo
1718
San Antonio
San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo
“Queen of the Missions”, considered the Most Beautiful
(on the SA Mission Trail)
San Jose
1721
San Antonio
Tonkawa
Coahuiltecans
Karankawa
First established on Ft. St. Louis site, then moved (became Goliad)
La Bahia del Espiritu Santo
La Bahia
1722
Guadalupe
San Saba de la Santa Cruz
San Saba
(The Plains Mission)
Apache & Comanche
The Plains Mission – Apaches asked for the mission to protect them from Comanches – Failed b/c Plains Indians were too independent
1757
San Saba

2. Key 1st ½ 1st ½ Ysleta Tejas Mission San Juan Bautista Valero (Alamo)
San Jose
La Bahia
San Saba Mission
1st
1st
San Saba River
Neches River
Guadalupe River
San Antonio River
Rio Grande