Presidio San Saba and Mission
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2023-08-21に共有
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In 1757 , the Spanish were at war with everybody and trying to claim all of the southwest of the New World as "New Spain".
In 1744 the Apaches figured out that the Spanish might be able to help them with the Comanches.
To that end, a Spanish Presidio and Mission was established right in the middle of Texas. The Comanches did NOT like this idea.
コメント (21)
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Long live the Spanish Empire!!!! Much love from California ❤️
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Background music is too loud!
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Fort McKavett is a little further west of town and many of the structures remain though it's from a later period in Texas history. Thanks for the history lesson on the Presidio and Mission sir.
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Great presentation
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The location of the fort on the Red River is called Spanish Fort today, even though it was probably built with instructions from the French. There is a reason that the Comanches liked that area. It provided water and pecans and winter camp for the Comanche. The pueblo Indians on the other side of Albuquerque claim they were raided by the Comanche. They could roam far.
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Those Comanches were difficult to stop when the only weapons they had were the muzzle loading, single shot muskets. The Comanche warriors could get off 4 or 5 arrows while the Spanish were loading a muzzle loading musket. They were also expert horsemen and could shoot arrows while draped over the side of the horse with one arm tied into the horse's mane and the other on the bow.
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Thank you for sharing this history. All Americans are ever taught is about the Trail of Tears, years later.
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Thanks for making the video.
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Those soldiers must have been really bad to house them so far away.
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Good documentary. Thanks. Didn't care for the music, though.
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It’s a fun place to visit. Keep in mind it’s next to privately owned property so be mindful where you park.
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Great review, Ty. As a native West Texan, I thought for a second you were going to miss the turn on the Eldorado highway, hahahaha. When I was a kid the presidio was a pile of rubble, the locals began to be rebuilt it in the late '80s and early '90s. The turret has been very nicely reconstructed. (Are you soon to do a piece on Ft. McKavett? Looking forward to it.) Great video, keep'm coming!!
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Thank you
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Exactly the way park rangers explain the history of the San Antonio missions which were built around tribal centers in order to protect the natives against the Apaches and Comanches while converting them into Christian Spanish citizens of new Spain. Disease prevented this from becoming a reality.
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no music
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Stones look scarce in those parts. Wonder where they originally got them from
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Did Presidio San Saba become Fort San Saba where the first battle of Texas Independence took place?
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I tried to watch this, but the background music made it impossible.
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Yes… they gutted the Roman aqueducts using a blue beam technology from Greece I believe. hence the blue roofs
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Don't understand why they killed the livestock. Seems like they would've rustled it back
