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Mission Santa
Cruz de San Sabá
Real Presidio
de San Saba
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Site of Mission
Santa Cruz de San Saba Centennial Marker
Located abourt three miles east of Menard
on FM 2092
Photo Courtesy
Barclay Gibson, February 2010 |
Indians Attack
Mission San Sabá
- March 16, 1758
Just a year after
being established on the banks of the San Saba River in 1757, Mission
Santa Cruz de San Sabá was attacked by a force of 2,000 Comanche Indians
and their allies. The mission of the Mission had been to convert resident
Lipan Apaches to Christianity. Initially, six men were killed here,
including two Franciscan Priests.
The commander of the mission’s protecting fort, the Presidio
San Luis de las Amarillas, attempted to mount a campaign against
the Indian force, but was defeated. The incident curtailed further
Spanish expansion in Texas. |
| A painting of
the raid on the Mission now hangs in the National Institute of Anthropology
and History in Mexico City. The full title being: “The Destruction
of Mission San Sabá in the Province of Texas and the Martyrdom of
the Fathers Alonso Giraldo de Terreros, Joseph Santiesteban” |
Site of Mission
Santa Cruz de San Saba
Photo Courtesy
Barclay Gibson, February 2010 |
Real Presidio
de San Saba
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1936
Centennial Marker Text
Real Presidio
de San Saba
Originally established
on the San Gabriel River
as the Presidio of San Francisco Xavier
in 1751
Moved to the present site in 1757 as a protection
to the Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba
Known as the Presidio de San Luis de Las Amarillas
1757-1761.
After March 1761 the name was
Real Presidio de San Saba
the stone building was completed in 1761.
Erected by the State of Texas
1936 |
"In the
background, behind the metal shed, is where the recently discovered
Mission ruins are located"
-
Barclay
Gibson, February 2010 photo |
Historical
marker on the highway at the entrance to the Country Club
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2010 |
Historical Marker
Arroyo de Juan Lorenzo
Name used by Spaniards of Presidio de San Saba [in
existence from 1757 to 1770] for this stream now called Celery Creek.
Stone to build Presidio was quarried from bluffs along the creek,
and deep banks let hostile Indians approach undiscovered to attack
The Presidio half a mile to the south west.
(1964) |
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