Presidio Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores

Texas Beyond History says the 1716 expedition set up six missions and a presidio in East Texas, and that the presidio, also called Presidio Dolores or Presidio de los Tejas, stood on the Angelina River. The mission it shares a name with was never close to it. In 1727 inspector Pedro de Rivera found no guards posted at the presidio and no Indians living at any of the six eastern missions. He recommended closing the presidio and cutting the garrison from 100 soldiers to 60. After 1730 only one East Texas presidio, at Los Adaes, remained on the lists.

What the plaque says

Presidio Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores Built by Capt. Domingo Ramon 1716 Repaired and enlarged by Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo 1721 Abandoned about 1730 Built by the Spanish government as a fort and headquarters for soldiers to guard the East Texas missions and the borders of the New Phillipines Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 15 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

More markers nearby

• Site of the Town of Mount Sterling — 1.3 mi
• San Patricio Rancho — 4.9 mi
• Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de los Hainais — 4.9 mi
• Louis Juchereau de St. Denis — 4.9 mi