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.

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.

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.

Travel & Outdoors Trip Guide: San Antonio Missions Follow the river to the city’s celebrated colonial missions and delve into Texas history beyond the Alamo.

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.

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 ...

A timeline detailing the history of settlement in Texas, from 1718 all the way to 1871. ' Skip To Content. Join the ... Los Adaes, La Bahia, and Mission San Antonio de Valero.

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.