Site of the Mission
San Francisco
​De Los Tejas

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Marker Text: Originally established as Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in 1690 by Franciscan missionaries for the purpose of Christianizing and civilizing the Neches and other Indians of the region - - Reestablished in 1716 - Abandoned temporarily due to French incursion from Louisiana in 1719 - relocated here as San Francisco de los Neches by the Marquis de Aguayo in 1721 - removed to the Colorado River in 1730 - permanently located on the San Antonio River in 1731 and there known as San Francisco de la Espada. (1936) 

Marker No: 15628

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial marker

Geographic: 31.604925,-95.139427

Location: On State Highway 21, 5.4 miles southwest of Alto