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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Built in 1682, the Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta was built near what current city?
A
Ft. Worth
B
Dallas
C
El Paso
D
Corpus Christi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -La MisiĆ³n de la Ysleta del Sur, consecrated in 1682, was built by the Tigua (Tewa, Tiwa) speaking peoples originally from Isleta and Sandia Pueblos in what is today New Mexico and administered by Franciscan priests. The mission was located east of present day El Paso, Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ysleta Mission, founded in 1682, was built by the Tigua Indians and is located west of Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo within the municipality of El Paso, Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ysleta, former town, now a southeastern section of El Paso, El Paso county, extreme western Texas, U.S. Ysleta lies near the Rio Grande. The town was annexed by El Paso in 1955, though residents of Ysleta had voted against the merger.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first Spanish mission in East Texas, San Francisco de los Tejas, was begun in May 1690 as a response to the La Salle expedition.

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