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Site of Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba

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FM 2092, E of Menard, Menard, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 54' 58.69924999992", -99° 44' 6.16279999992"
 
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    Founded among the Lipan Apache Indians by Franciscan Missionaries in 1757 through the financial aid of the Count of Regla. Sacked and left in ruins by the Comanches in 1758. Here perished Padres Alonso Giraldo de Terreros and Jose Santiesteban, martyrs to the Christian cause.

This page last updated: 7/4/2010 22:13:18

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