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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción de Los Piros de Socorro del Sur
The mission's history spans the time of the region’s occupancy by Spain, Mexico, and the United States, was founded by refugees from the Pueblo Revolt of 1690.
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La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur
The Franciscans and the Tigua (Tiwa) Indians who founded the mission were fleeing from the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico, where Indians had risen up against the harsh and inflexible Spanish rule.
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Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
San Francisco de los Tejas was the first mission built in the Spanish state of Texas.
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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña
In 1835 Mission Concepción was the site of the Battle of Concepción, in which Texas revolutionaries under James Bowie defeated Mexican troops; some of the buildings were apparently damaged during the fight.
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Mission San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo)
The name Alamo may have originated with a company of soldiers from the village of “Alamo” (La Compañía de Alamo de Parras), who were stationed at the mission in the early 1800s.
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Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo was named for Saint Joseph (San José) and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time.
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Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
The mission and a presidio were established in 1722 on Matagorda Bay near La Salle’s Fort Saint Louis on Garcitas Creek, to secure the Texas coastline from the French and to convert the local Cocos, Copanes, and Cujanes Indians.
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Mission San Francisco de la Espada
San Francisco de los Tejas was the first mission built in the Spanish state of Texas.
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Mission San Juan Capistrano
The mission was originally founded in east Texas, near the current city of Cushing, as Mission San José de los Nazonis.
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Mission Nuestra Señora del Rosario
The mission was established, 4 miles west of La Bahia, in November 1754 by Father Juan de Dios Camberos to minister to the Karankawan tribes.
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