Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña [Stereoview]
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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña [Stereoview]Description
Circa 1874-1880 stereoview of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña by Henry.L. Bingham.Context
In 1835, the mission grounds were the site of the battle of Concepción, in which Texas revolutionaries under James Bowie defeated Mexican troops under Martín Perfecto de Cos; some of the buildings were apparently damaged during the fight. In 1841, the church continued to be used as a barn by the settlers and was later used, after annexation, as a supply depot by the United States Army. In 1869, the San Antonio City Council closed down the Pajalache Ditch and removed the dam, while the Marianists leased out the mission farmland, but they continued to use the church.Category
Texas in Focus: Early Photographs from the Lew Anvil Texas Collection