​Site of the Mission San Ildefonso

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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 Nueces River for the conversion of the Lipan Apaches with the new name of Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz. (1936) 

Marker No: 7990

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 30.694120,-97.093788

Location: ​Marker is on County Road 429 0.3 miles south of Farm to Market Road 908, on the left when traveling south, from Rockdale.