San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Book Nature & Outdoors Edited by Louise Mengelkoch and

Edited by Louise Mengelkoch and Kent Nerburn

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Published by Southwest Mission Research Center

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Book Nature & Outdoors Edited by Louise Mengelkoch andThree centuries ago, Spain's territorial claims to lands north and west of the Gulf of Mexico were tenuous at best. The fertile plains of what is now southern Texas lay on the outer frontier of a far flung colonial empire, and here Spanish civilization had yet to gain a foothold. It was a two week ride for Franciscan fathers to get from their northernmost settlements to the headwaters of the San Antonio River, where they established the first of five