Historical Marker
Site of the Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County · Texas
Erected 1936
The mission was founded on July 9, 1716, in a village of the Nacogdoche, a Hasinai Caddo group, by the Domingo Ramon expedition. Father Antonio Margil de Jesus was put in charge. The Handbook of Texas says the mission did not succeed in converting the people living there, though it did help offset French influence. A French invasion forced a temporary abandonment in 1719, and the Marques de Aguayo restored it in 1721. Spain abandoned it permanently in 1773, and Antonio Gil Ybarbo used its empty buildings as the core of his 1779 settlement.
What the plaque says
Site of the Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe A Spanish outpost founded in 1716 by the pioneer Franciscan Antonio Margil de Jesus as a means of civilizing and christianizing the Nacogdoches Indians. Abandoned temporarily due to the French incursions from Louisiana in 1719. Restored by the Marquis of Aguayo in 1721. Abandoned permanently in 1773. Its deserted buildings formed a nucleus for the settlement of Nacogdoches in 1779 by Antonio Gil y Barbo. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
31.60975, -94.65406 · Directions
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