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Missions Marked Spanish Rule By Lucy Mae Matthews
A reminiscence tracing the San Xavier Missions on the San Gabriel River, their founding in 1748 1749 and 1750, the Karankawa, Lapan and Apache conflicts, and the shift of mission activity amid Spanish colonial effort in Texas. It notes researchers like Bolton and Barker and the role of various historical groups in preserving the memory.
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Temple
Texas
Civilization
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Austin
Cradle of Texas Liberty
Galveston
Colonial Dames
Daughters and Sons of the
Daughters of the Confederacy
San Xavier
San Gabriel River
Bancroft
McCaleb
Shea
St. Denis
Mexico
Spain
College of
Kolb’s Hill
Worley Gun
San Idefonso
Brushy Creek
Morrell Camp
Mission Nuestra Senora de Candelaria
Ditch Valley
Hamblen
Irma Kelly
Cameron
Mary Alice Porter
Milam County
Tom Hendersons
Lee Battes
Olive Todd Walker
Michalka
L. W. Kemp
Houston
Paul J. Folk
St. Edward
Herbert E. Bolton
University of California At Berkley
Bolton
Sandow
Arroyo de Las Benditas Animas
College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro
Alamo
Mission San Anton
San Antonio de Valero
San Gabriel
Louisiana
East Texas
Friar Massanet
Massanet
Tejas
San Francisco de Los Tejas
Crockett
Piney Woods
David Crockett National Forest
Mariano
Francisco Xavier Ortiz
San Antonio
Presidio
Marano
San Marcos Springs
San Saba
Nacogdoches
San Augustine
Bastrop
Eagle Pass
Monclova