Site of the
Mission Nuestra Senora
​de la Candelaria

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Marker Text: Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes of Indians. The martyrdom of Padre Jose Ganzabal and the circumstances connected therewith caused the departure of the Indians and the friars and the removal of this mission to the San Marcos River in 1755. Reestablished in 1762 on the Sabinal River for the conversion of the Lipan Apaches with the same name of Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria. (1936) 

Marker No: 7988

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 30.691406,-97.113365

Location: CR 432,   San Gabriel