The Ultimate Missions Field Trip

Locate Round Rock on your map. Go North on I-35 until you reach Georgetown. You are ready to begin.

1. Take 29 West until it ends in the city of ______. There we can visit ______, mission on the San Saba River. The mission was established to serve the and Comanche Indian tribes and was an example of failure within the Spanish mission efforts.

2. Next go to the first permanent European settlement in , the Corpus Christi de la Ysleta mission, founded in 1682. What city is this located in? ______. What 2 highways could you take to get there? ______& ______or ______& ______. Ysleta was founded for the Tigua people and still stands today.

3. Take I-10 East. Not long before you get to Fort Stockton you pass ______State Park, a source of water in this desert region for many years.

4. Now on to Eagle Pass and the Mission San Juan Baptista, you can get there by using ______, ______& ______or ______& ______. San Juan Baptista was a successful mission as were many others along the .

5. When you take 277 East to 85, how many miles is it from Eagle Pass to Dilley? ______

6. From Dilley go North on I-35 to the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, and the Mission San Antonio de Valero. What city are you in? ______. The missions founded in this city were some of the most successful in Texas due in part to the Coahuiltecan people whom they served. Five still stand today.

7. What is the fastest way from Loop 410 to Goliad? _____ & _____. What mission is located near Goliad? ______

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______. This mission also enjoyed fair success and still stands today as a state park and the presidio nearby would play a major role in the Texas Revolution.

8. Next you need to go see if you can find thee ruins of Fort St. Louis, founded by La Salle in 1684. What river do you cross as you go from Goliad to Victoria? ______. Fort St. Louis would later become the site of the La Bahia mission before it was moved by Aguayo in 1721.

9. Continue to Port Lavaca. As you look around you cannot find the ruins of the fort since the Indians looted what the French left and the Spanish burned the rest. Continue on your journey by taking 87 North to 77 North. What town do you pass through that is along the ? ______

10. Keep going North on 77 until you reach highway 79. Go West and stop at the first town. Here you see the places of the 3 unsuccessful San Xavier Missions, established to reach the Tonkawa people. What town are you in? ______.

11. Next we want to go to San Francisco de los Tejas, near present day Weches. What National Forest is this located in? ______. This mission was the first mission built in East Texas for the Caddo people through the efforts of father Damian Massanet.

12. To see some more of the East Texas missions we must travel to Nacogdoches. What two towns do you pass through to get there? ______& ______. The missions among the natives of East Texas were generally unsuccessful though they were effective for demonstrating Spanish control over its territory.

13. It’s been a long trip and it is time to return to Austin. Take 21 West to 294 west, What highway does 294 dead end into? ______.

14. What highway is the most direct route back to Round Rock? ______How many miles is it from Long Lake to Round Rock on that route? ______

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