San Juan Bautista: Gateway to Spanish Texas

by Robert S. Weddle

Book Overview

Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1978

In their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del R o Grande, located at the present-day site of Guerrero in Coahuila, Mexico.

Despite its significance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292776519
• ISBN13: 9780292776517
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 501 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"