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Title: /14/1689: Coahuila governor discovers and names Guadalupe River
Post by: Craig Tx on April 14, 2022, 09:07:49 AM
On this day in 1689, Alonso De León, Spanish governor of Coahuila, discovered and named the Guadalupe River at the approximate future site of Victoria, while leading his fourth and final expedition to find and destroy the French settlement at Fort St. Louis.

De León, an early advocate of establishing missions along the Texas frontier, blazed much of the Old San Antonio Road in the course of his expeditions. Eight days after discovering the Guadalupe, he and his party of 114 men, which included Damián de Massenet, came upon the ruins of the French settlement on the banks of Garcitas Creek. De León left Texas for the last time in 1690 and died in Coahuila a year later, probably around the age of fifty-two. In 1721 the Spanish built Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía Presidio on the site of Fort St. Louis.
Title: Re: /14/1689: Coahuila governor discovers and names Guadalupe River
Post by: BEAVERMAN on April 14, 2022, 02:29:21 PM
Has anyone ever figured out what happened to the Frog settlement?
Title: Re: /14/1689: Coahuila governor discovers and names Guadalupe River
Post by: Craig Tx on April 18, 2022, 02:02:57 PM
Nearly all the French settlements of this time in Texas were either destroyed by the natives, or died out from disease.
Title: Re: /14/1689: Coahuila governor discovers and names Guadalupe River
Post by: Uncle Russ on April 18, 2022, 03:26:18 PM
Craig, my friend, ya ain't nothing short of a walkin, talkin, History Book!
You take care, ol'Hoss, the TMA has good reason to be proud of ya..

Russ...
Title: Re: /14/1689: Coahuila governor discovers and names Guadalupe River
Post by: Craig Tx on April 19, 2022, 01:59:45 PM
Quote from: Uncle Russ on April 18, 2022, 03:26:18 PM
Craig, my friend, ya ain't nothing short of a walkin, talkin, History Book!
You take care, ol'Hoss, the TMA has good reason to be proud of ya..

Russ...

Aw, that's very kind of ya Russ!  But if ya keep up I might start havin' difficulty puttin' on my sombrero...
Title: Re: /14/1689: Coahuila governor discovers and names Guadalupe River
Post by: Uncle Russ on April 19, 2022, 07:26:45 PM
 :yessir:

With all the good you've done, wherever you go, it would have happened already, if it were to happen at all.
But, not to worry!  I know a feller in Juarez that can take care of your problem, if I can ever get him across the border.

Russ...
Title: Re: /14/1689: Coahuila governor discovers and names Guadalupe River
Post by: Winter Hawk on April 20, 2022, 06:51:18 PM
 :laffing :laffing :laffing
~Kees~