Though less famous than Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), Mission San José, founded in 1720 by the Franciscans, was once regarded as the “Queen of the Missions” because of its ...

This was the first mission in Texas, founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas. In 1731, its friars and converts were moved to the San Antonio River area, and it was renamed ...

Mission San Jose. Mission Concepcion. The Best 3 Day Itinerary for San Antonio ... Tour the Alamo plus four more missions ...

Travel & Outdoors Trip Guide: San Antonio Missions Follow the river to the city’s celebrated colonial missions and delve into Texas history beyond the Alamo.

A photo of the one at “the Highway 66 entrance to San Jose Mission” appears in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, February 1937, in the “Chapter Work Told Pictorially” section.

Henry Guerra tells the history of the Rose Window at San Jose Mission to the wives of the summit leaders from French, German, Japanese, Italian and Canadian, including Barbara Bush in July 1990 ...

Mickey Killian, who spent part of his youth at Mission San Juan, said his fourth great grandparents were at Mission San Jose in the 1770′s before moving to Mission Espada in1790.

SAN ANTONIO — The U.S. Park Rangers at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park are asking for help from the public on find those responsible for vandalism to San Jose. Park officials ...