San Antonio Missions National Historical Park – Texas

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

San Antonio Missions

San Antonio, TX

After 10,000 years, the people of South Texas found their cultures, their very lives under attack. In the early 1700s Apache raided from the north, deadly diseases traveled from Mexico, and drought lingered. Survival lay in the missions. By entering a mission, they foreswore their traditional life to become Spanish, accepting a new religion and pledging fealty to a distant and unseen king.