| Marker Number |
4835 |
| Atlas Number |
5327004835 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba |
| Index Entry |
Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba |
| Address |
FM 2092, E of Menard |
| City |
Menard |
| County |
Menard |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
429766 |
| UTM Northing |
3420558 |
| Subject Codes |
Spanish immigrants/immigration; missions; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
on FM 2092 about 3 miles E of Menard |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
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. |
