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First established at the site of La Salle's fort on Garcitas Creek, Victoria County, among the Coco, Cujanes, Karankawa and other Indian tribes in 1722. Moved to Mission Valley, Victoria County, on the Guadalupe River among the Jaranames and Tamiques in 1726. Located on the present site in 1749 for the same Indian neophytes. Secularized in 1794. Here Franciscan friars attempted to civilize and Christianize even the cannibalistic Indians of the region. (Near Goliad)
Mission Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga, Site of is a historical marker in Goliad, Goliad County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 34 historical markers documented in Goliad County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 86 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.6577, -97.3871 near Goliad. The nearest cataloged historic site is Aranama College (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mission Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga, Stoddard, Jessie W., House, and Stoddard-Collins House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5175003409. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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