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Spaniards found East Texas mission
On this day in 1716, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches
Mission was founded by the Domingo Ramón expedition in a village of the
Nacogdoches Indians. Father Antonio Margil de Jesús was in charge of the
mission, which was abandoned temporarily in 1719 and became the first
Zacatecan mission to be restored by the Marqués de Aguayo in 1721.
Although the Nacogdoches mission was generally unsuccessful in its goal of
converting the local Indians, it provided an important presence to offset
French influence. It was permanently abandoned in 1773. In 1779 the
deserted buildings formed the nucleus for the settlement of Nacogdoches.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- RAMON, DOMINGO
- MARGIL DE JESUS, ANTONIO
- NUESTRA SENORA DE GUADALUPE DE LOS NACOGDOCHES MISSION
- COLLEGE OF NUESTRA SENORA DE GUADALUPE DE ZACATECAS
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