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The old mission's stones were also allowed to be removed and used for local construction. [4] The city leased the site between 1848 and 1856, first for a Baptist school and then a Presbyterian school, but the building gradually fell into ruin. The mission ruins became part of the newly created Goliad State Park in 1931.
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.
The new mission endured until 1726, when it was merged with San Antonio de Valero. Its lands were regranted to the mission of Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña around 1731. [39] [41] Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia) 28.65722, -97.38666: 1722
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.
In 1747, the Spanish government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas.In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahía be moved from its Guadalupe River location to the banks of the San Antonio River, so it could better assist settlements along the Rio Grande. [7]
The Spaniards then built another fort, Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía, known as La Bahía, on the site of the former French Fort Saint Louis. [11] 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.
The mission abandoned during the 1751 O'odham Uprising and rebuilt as Mission San José de Tumacácori to the west of the Santa Cruz River. Mission San José de Tumacácori: Guevavi: 31.56861, -111.0509: 1757 () Jesuits: Located west of the site of Mission San Cayetano del Tumacácori. Abandoned in 1828.
It included a Franciscan mission, San Miguel de Cuéllar de los Adaes, [3] and a presidio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of the Pillar of the Adaes). The name Adaes derives from the indigenous Adai people , members of the Caddoan confederacy of Indians who were the people the missionaries aimed to convert to Christianity .