San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Book Yes and several thousand head of

and several thousand head of livestock gathered from locations as far south as Culiocán

and Navajo Blanket

water management

the roadrunner is a symbol of desert resilience

raise their young

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Book Yes and several thousand head ofThree centuries ago, Spain's territorial claims to lands north and west of the Gulf of Mexico were tenuous at best. The fertile plains of what is now southern Texas lay on the outer frontier of a far flung colonial empire, and here Spanish civilization had yet to gain a foothold. It was a two week ride for Franciscan fathers to get from their northernmost settlements to the headwaters of the San Antonio River, where they established the first of five