Historical Marker
Mission del Apostol Santiago
Historical marker location:
FM 170, Presidio vicinity, Texas
( 4 mile E. of Presidio on FM 170 at Fort Leaton)
Marker installed: 1936
One of nine missions established in the Big Bend country by Father Fray Nicolas Lopez, O.F.M., and Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza in 1683-1684. Maintained by Franciscan missionaries for the civilizing and christianizing of the Jumano, Julimes and other Indians of this area. (1936).