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San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkBiking along the San Antonio River
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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
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(NPS photo - Kodak DX3900)

Mission San Jose (right) with downtown San Antonio in the distance (left).

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is in a unique location. A large portion of the park is within the city limits of the city of San Antonio, a city with a population of over 1.5 million people.

Environmental factors such as air quality, disturbed lands, hydrologic activity, nonnative species, pests, scenic vistas, soundscape/noise, and water quality have been influenced to varying degrees by the people that live in this area.
Ruins of a home at Mission Espada  

Did You Know?
that Spanish missions were not churches? They were Indian towns, with the church as the focus, where, in the 1700s, the native people were learning to become Spanish citizens. In order to become a citizen, they had to be Catholic; that is why the King of Spain sent missionaries to acculturate them.

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Last Updated: November 05, 2007 at 17:22 EST