USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -San Antonio was founded May 1, 1718, when a Spanish expedition from Mexico established the Mission San Antonio de Valero .

Detailed explanation-2: -On the first of May 1718, Father Antonio Olivares, a Franciscan missionary, established the mission of San Antonio de Valero which had been founded by the governor “about three-fourths of a league down the creek” from the presidio.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mission San Antonio de Valero was founded in 1718 by Fray Antonio de Olivares. Olivares arrived in the San Antonio area in that year with Native American converts from Mission San Francisco Solano near San Juan Bautista on the Rio Grande.

Detailed explanation-4: -On May 1, 1718, the Spanish established a mission-presidio complex approximately midway between the Rio Grande Valley and the missions of East Texas. This was the founding of the city of San Antonio, the most significant Texas settlement of the Spanish era.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first Spanish-speaking settlers began to group around the San Antonio River in 1718 when the mission and presidio (fort) were established.