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Caldwell and Austin both figure out that the killer at the Presidio was trying to break into a storeroom to retrieve a bottle of spring water. Following the lead to the water company, Austin gets the name of the delivery driver, George Spota. Caldwell recognizes the name as someone who served under Lawrence in Vietnam.
The Texians established themselves in the presidio, under the command of Captain Philip Dimmitt, who immediately sent all the local Tejano volunteers to join Austin on the march to Béxar. [65] At the end of the month, Dimmitt sent a group of men under Ira Westover to engage the Mexican garrison at Fort Lipantitlán, near San Patricio. [66]
Escandón appointed to Presidio La Bahia's captain, Joaquín de Orobio y Basterra, to evaluate South Texas. Following Orobio's report, Escandon said that La Bahia should be taken from Guadalupe River to the banks of the San Antonio River to help the settlements along the Rio Grande. Both the presidio and the mission likely were moved in October ...
Near Presidio: 1715 Active until 1726. After this, the mission was only run occasionally. In operation until at least 1760 when Presidio del Norte de la Junta de Los Rios was founded. [16] Mission of the Cibolas Shafter: 1715 Located 24 miles northwest of Presidio. [16] Mission at Redford Redford [16] San Francisco de los Julimes [17]
Presidio is a city in Presidio County, Texas, United States. It is situated on the Rio Grande ( Río Bravo del Norte ) River, on the opposite side of the U.S.–Mexico border from Ojinaga, Chihuahua .
Stephen F. Austin's replaced "Presidio of San Saba" on his 1827 map with "Silver Mines" on his 1829 edition. [5]: 224 Austin's 1831 pamphlet on Texas stated on the San Saba River, "traditions say a rich silver mine was successfully wrought many years since, until the Comanche Indians cut off the workmen." [5]: 225
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Menard is located along the banks of the San Saba River at the junction of U.S. Highways 83 and 190, approximately 140 miles northwest of Austin and San Antonio in central Menard County. [5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2), all land.