FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Presidio San Antonio de Béxar
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Los Adaes
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San Francisco de los Tejas
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Mission San Antonio de Valero
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Detailed explanation-1: -Known today as The Alamo, this Spanish mission complex was the first of the San Antonio missions founded to convert the local American Indians to Christianity. The mission eventually became a community of Spanish, Mexican, and American Indian Catholics.
Detailed explanation-2: -Known today as The Alamo, this Spanish mission complex was the first of six San Antonio missions founded by Catholic missionaries along the San Antonio River in the early 1700s. The mission was a town and learning center to acculturate the local indigenous people to Christianity and Spanish life.
Detailed explanation-3: -San Antonio de Valero, one of five Spanish missions established by Franciscans in what is now San Antonio, is most commonly known as the site of the battle of the Alamo (1836).
Detailed explanation-4: -Today it is a museum in the Alamo Plaza Historic District and a part of the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site.
Detailed explanation-5: -The name “Alamo” came into use after Mexico declared its independence from Spain in 1821. The soldiers from Mexico stationed at Mission San Antonio de Valero were of the Alamo Company, named for their hometown, Alamo de Parras. “Alamo” means cottonwood in Spanish.