Table of Contents
- 1 Who first settled in San Antonio?
- 2 Where was San Antonio founded?
- 3 Where in Texas was the first mission actually located?
- 4 What city is San Antonio?
- 5 Why were missions moved to San Antonio in the early 1700s?
- 6 Where was the first settlement in San Antonio?
- 7 How did the San Antonio River get its name?
- 8 What was the population of San Antonio in 1790?
Who first settled in San Antonio?
Spanish explorers first visited the site, then a camp of the Payaya Indians, in 1691. San Antonio was founded May 1, 1718, when a Spanish expedition from Mexico established the Mission San Antonio de Valero.
Where was San Antonio founded?
1718
San Antonio/Founded
Anthony of Padua — and the day that a Spanish expedition came to the river they called Rio San Antonio. But San Antonio was not founded until 1718, when its first mission and first presidio were established at San Pedro Springs.
Why is San Antonio de Valero important?
Known today as The Alamo, this Spanish mission complex was the first of the San Antonio missions founded to convert the local American Indians to Christianity. The mission eventually became a community of Spanish, Mexican, and American Indian Catholics.
Where in Texas was the first mission actually located?
The first mission in Texas was established in 1632 near present-day San Angelo.
What city is San Antonio?
San Antonio
| San Antonio, Texas | |
|---|---|
| • City | 1,434,625 |
| • Rank | 7th in the United States 2nd in Texas |
| • Density | 2,875.86/sq mi (1,110.37/km2) |
| • Metro | 2,558,143 (24th) |
When was San Antonio de Valero established?
May 1, 1718
The Alamo/Dates opened
Why were missions moved to San Antonio in the early 1700s?
Threatened by French encroachments from Louisiana, Spain stepped up its colonization and, beginning in 1690, six missions were established in what is now East Texas. The missions established along the San Antonio River in the 1700s are reminders of the extent of Spain’s dominion north from Mexico.
Where was the first settlement in San Antonio?
At 11 a.m., March 9, 1731, fifteen families totaling about fifty-five Canary Island settlers filed into the Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar to lay claim to their right to settle and own land along the San Antonio River.
When did the Spanish reach San Antonio Springs?
The company reached San Pedro springs on May 14, 1716, and Espinosa was much more impressed with the San Antonio River than he had been on his 1709 journey. He noted in his diary how clear and sweet the water was and how abundant the fish were.
How did the San Antonio River get its name?
In 1691 the expedition of Domingo Terán de los Ríos traveled through the region en route to East Texas and named the San Antonio River on June 13, the Feast Day of Portuguese Franciscan friar Saint Anthony of Padua. They also encountered an Indian area of settlement (which the Spaniards interpreted to have the name Yanaguana).
What was the population of San Antonio in 1790?
In 1790 population numbers decreased to 1,878 (1,383 military and civilian residents and 495 mission residents). The San Antonio population also included fifteen Black families. Secularization of the missions began in 1793 with San Antonio de Valero Mission (later known as the Alamo ), which in the early 1800s became a military barracks.