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This site is owned, designed, and operated by Kenneth A. Larson who has over a quarter century of experience in design and construction of scenery for the Entertainment Industry and Theme Parks using Computer Aided and Traditional approaches to Design. Ken also has experience in other areas of Design.
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Select photographs of my many visits to The Missions of the United States South and Southwest built by Spain and Mexico between 1565 and 1823. All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2008 - 2013. |
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Founded 1722
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Personal ObservationsOn a Sunday morning in April, after a bit of searching, I found this marker in the shadow of a large tree. | (art work pending) |
| Today you can visit five Missions in San Antonio, but there once was a sixth mission, now almost forgotten. Mission San Francisco Xavier de Nájera was established in 1722 at the request of the chief of a band of Rancheria Grande natives who had guided an expedition to reopen the Missions of East Texas. Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of Spanish Texas, had promised to establish a mission along the San Antonio River for the tribe. Mission San Francisco Xavier de Nájera was three miles south of San Antonio de Valero. Originally serving fifty families, by 1726 the Mission had closed as the people moved away. The lands were turned over to Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña. |
Address and Directions1200 Mission Road(west side of Riverside Golf Course, toward the north end, next to a large tree, east side of the street) San Antonio, Texas |
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| The inscription is faded and hard to read. | |
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