Life in New Spain - the Missions of San Antonio

frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, are preserved here. They include Missions San Jose, San Juan, Esapda, and Concepcion. The park containing many cultural sites, along with some natural areas, was established in 1978 and is about 819 acres in size.

The fifth and earliest Mission San Antonio de Valero (1718), better known after it was abandoned as the Alamo, is administered by the state of Texas. The visitor’s center at the Mission San Jose has an excellent video presentation of the mission system from the view of the natives. It gives visitors an intimate feeling for the people who made the mission their home. Knowledgeable Park Rangers provide an excellent overview of life in the mission, let visitors taste the Honey Locust beans growing in the mission courtyard, and help visitors understand the lasting importance of the events of those times on the growth of the Southwest of today.

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