Site of Mission Santa Cruz De San Saba
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Marker Text: Founded among the Lipan Apache Indians by Franciscan Missionaries in 1757 through the financial aid of the Count of Regla. - Sacked and left in ruins by the Comanches in 1758. - - Here perished Padres Alonso Giraldo de Terreros and José Santiesteban, martyrs to the Christian cause. (1936)
Marker No: 15104
1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker
Geographic: 30° 54.991′ N, 99° 44.097′ W
Location: Ranch Road 2092 aboue 3 miles east, Menard
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