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| | Mission San José (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | After early travails, San Jose prospered, its 300 inhabitants sustained by extensive fields and herds of livestock. |
 | | Viewed as the model among the Texas missions, San Jose gained a reputation as a major social and cultural center. |
 | | In his journal, Fray Juan Agustin Morfi attested to the defensive character of mission San Jose: "It is, in truth, the first mission in America...in point of beauty, plan, and strength...there is not a presidio along the entire frontier line that can compare with it." |
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