| Marker Number |
4786 |
| Atlas Number |
5141004786 |
| Marker Title |
Site of First Mission in Texas |
| Index Entry |
First Mission in Texas, Site of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Ysleta |
| County |
El Paso |
| UTM Zone |
13 |
| UTM Easting |
374501 |
| UTM Northing |
3507470 |
| Subject Codes |
missions |
| Marker Year |
1962 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Located at entrance to Corpus Christi de la Ysleta Del Sur Mission; Ysleta |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Statue erected by the Texas State Council Knights of Columbus 1936 |
| Marker Text |
Application info: Spanish type mission, with oldest cultivated plot of land in US adjacent. Originally buitl 1681, partially restored. Still in use as church. Site of annual dances of Tigua Indians, who helped padres built it. School in conjunction Years before the missions of California and Central Texas were even considered the Ysleta Mission was serving scores of worshippers in what is the oldest community in Texas -- Ysleta. |
