Mission San Francisco de los Julimes

Historical marker location:

15401 FM 170, Presidio vicinity, Texas

( From Presidio, take FM 170 West about 10.75 mi to Ochoa Cemetery. Marker is on east side of highway.)

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).

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