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Application info: Spanish type mission, with oldest cultivated plot of land in US adjacent. Originally buitl 1681, partially restored. Still in use as church. Site of annual dances of Tigua Indians, who helped padres built it. School in conjunction Years before the missions of California and Central Texas were even considered the Ysleta Mission was serving scores of worshippers in what is the oldest community in Texas -- Ysleta.
First Mission in Texas is a historical marker in Ysleta, El Paso County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 140 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6910, -106.3274 near Ysleta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ysleta Mission (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Oldest Mission in Texas, Corpus Christi de la Ysleta, and Alderete - Candelaria House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141004786. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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