SAN ANTONIO − During a recent road trip to this beguiling Texas city, I spent a considerable amount of time in churches. Most were Catholic churches, of course, since San Antonio's origins revolved ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Tamra Walter is an associate professor of archeology at Texas Tech. For archeologists in the state, the mission known as Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo established by La ...

As you travel across the state, you may find some signs that detail the history of the area. However some of them may not ...

According to the National Park Service, which now oversees four of the missions in San Antonio, Mission Espada was the first Spanish mission in Texas when it was established in 1690 near present-day ...

There are 1,157 UNESCO World Heritage sites on the planet, including the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China and the San Antonio Missions. The five 18th-century complexes were awarded ...

Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo was occupied for only a few years, from roughly 1721 to 1726, before being abandoned, according to the university. The surrounding area already was shaped by ...

Joel Daniel Kitchens joins to discuss his book, "San Antonio and Its Missions". Joel Daniel Kitchens, author of "San Antonio and Its Missions: Three Centuries of History, Memory, and Heritage", ...

We live in a golden age of Texas urban history. For decades, historians and journalists tended to ignore the complicated stories of our metropolitan areas, even though 90% of Texans live in cities and ...

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