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Handbook of Texas Online: SAN JUAN BAUTISTA |
 | | San Juan Bautista Mission was founded on St. John's Day, June 24, 1699, on the Río de Sabinas, some twenty-five miles north of Lampazos, Nuevo León, Mexico, with 150 Indians of various Coahuiltecan bands. |
 | | Here San Juan Bautista, growing into a complex of three missions, a presidio, and a civilian settlement, served as a way station and gateway for expeditions to the Texas interior from 1700 until the Mexican War. |
 | | San Juan Bautista served also as a listening post for news of the French, who in 1699 had settled at Biloxi Bay and were exploring west of the Mississippi. |
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