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The mission became the first large cattle ranch in Texas, with near 40,000 free-roaming cattle at the height of production in about 1778. The large herds of Texas longhorns and mustangs were cared for by the vaquero Indians from the mission. The mission inhabitants also grew large crops of grain, fruit, and vegetables to support themselves and ...
Joaquín Romero (1821–), the son of Domingo Romero, who was an overseer at San Fernando Mission from 1816 to 1820, received the El Escorpión de las Salinas rancho lands (non-land grant) from the Mission. He obtained a 5/12 section of land which lay adjacent to Rancho El Escorpión on the northern side (now the Chatsworth Reservoir area). [2] [3]
The mission consisted of a straw chapel and a house for the priest. It was destroyed by a flood in 1692. [13] [14] [4] [15] Señor San José Near Presidio: 1715 Driven out of the mission by natives in 1726. After this, the mission was only run occasionally. [14] San Antonio de Padua Near Presidio: 1715 Located southeast of Señor San José.
Reconstructed Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga; Ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora del Rosario; Reconstructed birthplace of Ignacio Zaragoza; and; Fannin Memorial Monument, the burial site of James Fannin and the Goliad Massacre victims, by Raoul Josset, 1939. Presidio La Bahía. Fannin Memorial Monument by Raoul Josset, 1939.
When Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (also known as La Bahía) in 1722 was established nearby for the Coco, Karankawa, and Cujane Indians, a military garrison of 99 men were stationed at the Presidio. [16] Priests at the nearby mission were unable to find an effective means of enticing the Karankawa into mission life or Catholic teachings.
Juan Cortina was born in Camargo, Tamaulipas Mexico, the son of Trinidad Cortina and Estéfana Goseacochea, a wealthy cattle-ranching family. At the time of his birth, his family's Espiritu Santo land grant encompassed more than 260,000 acres.
Varner raised corn, cattle and sugar cane on the land, and enslaved at least two people there. [5] Varner may have distilled rum from the sugar cane. [3] Columbus Patton built the plantation house to face Varner Creek. This is now the rear entrance to the house. In 1834, Varner sold his holdings to Columbus R. Patton, representing his father ...
Nearby they established a mission, Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (also known as La Bahía), for the Coco, Karankawa, and Cujane Indians. Ninety men were left to staff the garrison. [12] On 13 June 1722, having returned to Mexico City from the expedition, Aguayo resigned from the governorship of Coahuila and Texas. [12]