Marker Inscription
Established in 1754 for the Cujane Nation. Here faithful Franciscan missionaries attempted to Christianize and civilize the Indians of the region until 1794. (Goliad State Park, Goliad)
Historical Marker
Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario (1936)
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About this site
Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario 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 28.6470, -97.4404 near Goliad. The nearest cataloged historic site is Goliad County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Wisbey Cemetery, and Lott Cemetery #2.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5175004833. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario was established in November 1754 by Father Juan de Dios Camberos of the Zacatecan college, west of present Goliad, to minister to Karankawan bands who had not settled at other missions. Named for a church in the Spanish hometown of Presidio La Bahia's captain, the mission taught its converts farming and at its height grazed some 30,000 head of cattle. By 1804 its buildings were failing, and in 1807 it was formally combined with Mission Refugio.
Sources: tshaonline.orgnps.govhmdb.org
Also at or near Goliad, Goliad County
“Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario” names 2 distinct records in Goliad County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1936 in Goliad. The others:
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Historical Marker
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Historical Marker
Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
Wisbey Cemetery
Goliad County
Historic Place
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Cemetery
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Goliad · 2001
Historic Place
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Historical Marker
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