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Site of the Mission San Ildefonso


[Click Above to See Full Size Image] Photograph by Milam County Deputy Sheriff Greg Kouba & Milam County Deputy Sheriff Reese Lockett - 27 July 2003	[Click Above to See Full Size Image] Photograph from thesis, History of Education in Milam County by Mary Belle Batte - ca. 1936

Marker Title	Site of the Mission San Ildefonso
Address	.
Location	The marker is located 6-miles east of San Gabrielon FM 908
City	near San Gabriel
Year Marker Erected	1936
Designations	n/a
Text on Marker	Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes of Indians. The martyrdom of Padre Jose Ganzabal and the circumstances connected therewith caused the departure of the Indians and the friars and the removal of this mission to the San Marcos River in 1755. Reestablished in 1762 on the Nueces River for the conversion of the Lipan Apaches with the new name of Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz.
Source	Texas Historical Commission's Texas Historic Sites Atlas Database - July 2003

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Created on 27 July 2003 and last revised on 21 Apr 2004.