Sebastián Tarabal, a Native guide, helped Anza identify a desert crossing on an exploratory expedition in 1774. Once a route ...

SAN ANTONIO − During a recent road trip to this beguiling Texas city, I spent a considerable amount of time in churches. Most were Catholic churches, of course, since San Antonio's origins revolved ...

Spain’s socialist government has firmly established itself as one of the world’s most vociferously anti-Israeli ...

As a native Texan, I’ve spent my fair share of time at Christian overnight camps, where many of my former bunkmates gradually ...

Journey through history by visiting the Baja California missions, enduring symbols of the era of Spanish exploration and ...

The agency managing the overhaul of the city's four Spanish missions on the South Side has won a state award for its efforts. The Texas Historical Commission informed the Old Spanish Missions ...

DOUGLASS — Hundreds of professional and amateur archeologists excavated and explored the site of the first permanent settlement of 18th century Spanish explorers and missionaries in East Texas this ...

The written history on those ranches dates to the 19th century, but a large spread that was listed recently in South Texas by Republic Ranches, the Double Q Ranch in Goliad County, can claim not only ...

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. -- For 39 years, Helen Nelson has stood jealous watch over the San Gabriel Mission, the longest tenure of any preservation activist at the 21 historic Spanish church compounds that ...

San Antonio's street layout owes a lot to the city's Spanish roots, as it served as the capital of the Spanish territory of Tejas. According to the Texas State Historical Association, San Antonio was ...

Mission San José in San Antonio fires the imagination about how the Spanish and Native Americans lived together in the mostly reconstructed courtyard. SAN ANTONIO − During a recent road trip to this ...