Site of the Mission San Francisco De Los Tejas

Historical marker location:

SH 21, Alto, Texas

( west of Alto, east of CR 2807)

Marker installed: 1936

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

Erected by the State of Texas

1936.

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