USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Massanet spent several years building missions in Mexico. Then, in 1690, he accompanied General Alonso De León, governor of the state of Coahuila, to establish a Spanish presence in Texas. In that year, Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was founded near the Neches River.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first permanent Spanish settlement within the boundaries of the state of Texas is believed to have been founded in 1682 by Fray Francisco Ayeta. The mission, Corpus Christi de la Ysleta del Sur, was located east of present day El Paso.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1690, Father Massanet established the mission San Francisco de los Tejas mission. This mission was the first mission in east Texas and would ignite Spanish colonization in the area.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Franciscan Priest who brought Spanish settlers to Texas in the 1600s and founded the first Spanish Mission in East Texas.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first Spanish mission in East Texas was founded in 1690 by Damián Massanet, a Spanish priest of the Franciscan order of the Roman Catholic Church. He is also called Fray Massanet or Father Massanet.