Map of Mexico in 1777

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Map of Mexico in 1777 What do you see that you
recognize from a Texas map today? What do you
see that looks different? List some words or
names that you recognize? List some words or
names that you do NOT recognize.
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Mapping the Missions
Native Americans Served
Date Founded and River
Official Name
Symbol
Were going to call it
Claim to Fame








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