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MISSION CONCEPOIOiN.
[1718-1731
San Jose Mission.--On the right bank of the San An-
tonio River, about four miles below San Antonio, stands
the most beautiful of all the missions-San Jose (san ho-
sd') de Aguayo. This mission was founded (about 1718)
by the famoqs Father Margil, who, dying before its com-
pletion, was buried amid the tears and sobs of the people,
in the City of Mexico. The carvings and statuary which
ornament the front of San Jose are the work of a Spanish
artist, Huicar (wre-kar), who devoted many of the best
years of his life to this work. The south window of the
baptistery is considered by good judges the " finest gem of
architectural ornamentation existing in America to-day; its
curves and proportions are a continual delight to the eye."*
The mission was val-
ued at $40,000; the
records show that down
to 1762 there had been
baptized at San Jose
1054 Indians.
Mission Concepcion.
In 1731 Concepcion, the
best preserved of the
missions, was founded
two miles below San An-
tonio. Its twin towers,
CONOEPOION MISSION.'
- 02c ltSISW its picturesque dome, its
front gateway so curiously decorated, its quaint legends, all
make this mission one of peculiar interest. The front of
* See William Corner's "San Antonio de Bexar," page 17,
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/30/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.