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Civilian Conservation Corps Company 3822(V), with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration, finished restoring the mission between 1935 and 1941. Additional construction in the 1960s and 1980s brought the mission back its 1749 appearance. The mission was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1977.
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
Later an independent mission. [11] Mission San Fernando de las Amarillas del Carrizal: 1773 () Jesuits [11] Mission San Andrés Conicari: Conicari 1614 () Jesuits [11] Mission Espíritu Santo Etchojoa: 1614 () Jesuits [11] Mission San José de Laguna de Guaymas: 1701 () Jesuits [11] Mission Santa Cruz del Río Mayo: Mayo: 1614 () Jesuits [11]
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.
Both the presidio and the mission that it protected, Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, moved to their new location sometime around October 1749. Escandón proposed that 25 families from New Spain be relocated near the presidio to form a civilian settlement, but he could not find enough willing settlers.
La Bahía del Espiritu Santo, a mission-presidio complex, was established in 1722 on the southern bank of the San Antonio River. At first, the Karankawa were not antagonistic to the Spanish, but in 1723, a skirmish occurred between the Spanish and Karankawa, after which the Karankawa moved away from the mission and became hostile.
These dates are based on baptismal records kept at that mission identifying Toboso present there. [9] Matagorda Island was known in the 18th century, at least from 1776 on as Toboso Island and was inhabited by people who had fled Mission Rosario and Mission Espiritu Santo as well as Karakawans. [10]