Though less famous than Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), Mission San José, founded in 1720 by the Franciscans, was once regarded as the “Queen of the Missions” because of its ...

This was the first mission in Texas, founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas. In 1731, its friars and converts were moved to the San Antonio River area, and it was renamed ...

The 1859 advertisement offered up to $200 for the capture of two freedom seekers that mentioned Mission San Jose. “They had some acquaintance with Mexicans at San Jose Mission,” the ad said.

Mission San Jose, Built 1720. San Antonio, Texas American History Museum. ... National Museum of American History. ... NMAH MISSION SAN JOSE, BUILT 1720. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS National Museum of American ...

A trip to San Antonio isn’t complete unless you sample its Tex-Mex along the Riverwalk and visit at least one of the missions. Right across the street from the Riverwalk is one of the most famous.

Mission San José in San Antonio is now one of three sites in Texas connected to the Underground Railroad, new research says. ... Tags: Mission San Jose, San Antonio, Texas, History, SAAACAM.

A photo of the one at “the Highway 66 entrance to San Jose Mission” appears in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, February 1937, in the “Chapter Work Told Pictorially” section.

Henry Guerra tells the history of the Rose Window at San Jose Mission to the wives of the summit leaders from French, German, Japanese, Italian and Canadian, including Barbara Bush in July 1990 ...

Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.) Notes Cover title. Date 1942 C1942 Call number F394.S2 H37 1942 Type Books Physical description [32] p. : ill. ; 22 cm Place Texas San ...

Ivan Myjer, architectural conservator, chips away mortar on the south wall of Mission San Jose as part of a $750,000 conservation and stabilization project that began Monday, Mar. 2, 2020.