AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott has appointed local funeral home magnate and preservationist Dick Tips, along with four ...

Mission Espada is one of five Spanish missions in San Antonio and one of four that comprise San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. The fifth mission in the city — Mission Valero, or what is ...

In San Antonio, my pilgrim’s progress has been ... emerges on a trail winding from The Alamo to the most southerly mission, Espada. Founded with the intention of converting Indigenous Americans ...

The Alamo, Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan and Mission Espada comprise San Antonio’s five missions — four of which are protected and preserved by San Antonio Missions ...

In 1731, its friars and converts were moved to the San Antonio River area, and it was renamed Mission San Francisco de la Espada. The current church was completed in 1756. We explored the nearby ...

The mission partners with the San Antonio Food Bank to grow food using ... Constructed between 1740 and 1745, the Espada Aqueduct is the oldest Spanish aqueduct system in the U.S. It is a marvel ...

The water flowed through farm fields to Mission San Francisco de la Espada and then back into the San Antonio River. The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park posted about the aqueduct ...

You’ve likely remembered to visit the Alamo—i.e., what’s left of the once sprawling Mission San Antonio de Valero ... and Mission Espada, the Alamo’s just slightly younger, less crowded ...

The Espada Aqueduct in San Antonio Missions National Park ... irrigation ditches that carried water from the San Antonio River to the nearby mission communities and their farm fields.