Texas Historical Marker #01067
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta. First mission and pueblo in Texas. Established by Don Antonio de Otermin and Fray Francisco Ayeta O.F.M. in 1682. Maintained by Franciscan missionaries for the civilizing and Christianizing of the Tigua Indians, Pueblo revolt refugees. 1936 #1067
?, Ysleta, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #03843
Oldest Mission in Texas. Originally founded in 1613 at Isleta Pueblo, in New Mexico, and dedicated in 1621 as San Antonio de Isleta. Removed to El Paso area, 1680 (during Pueblo Revolt), by Tigua Indians who brought along the patron saint as they accompanied fleeing Spaniards. Re-established here in 1682, it has been named successively: Sacramento de Los Tiguas de Ysleta; Corpus Christi de Los Tiguas de Ysleta (1691); San Antonio de Los Tiguas de Ysleta (1744); and Nuestra Senora Del Carmen (1874). Present chapel has walls and bells of 1744 building. Still ministers to the Tiguas. (1970) #3843
?, Ysleta, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #04524
San Antonio de Senecu. Approximate site of the mission and pueblo. Established by Don Antonio de Otermin and Father Fray Francisco Ayeta, O.F.M. in 1682. Maintained by Franciscan missionaries for the civilizing and Christianizing of the Piro and Tompiro Indians. #4524
?, Ysleta, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #04786
Site of First Mission in Texas. 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. #4786
?, Ysleta, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08830
Captain Frank Jones. no information available on this marker - 9/20/83 #8830
?, Ysleta, TX, United States