San Luis de las Amarillas Presidio

The San Luis de las Amarillas Presidio or Presidio de San Saba was built to protect the Mission down river. Unfortunately, this didn't help the Mission when Indians looted and burned it in 1758. The Presidio remained until abt 1772 when it was abandoned.

When a growing Menard community began building homes and businesses, much of the Presidio ruins were used as materials.

In 1936, the Texas Centennial Commission rebuilt the Presidio. Unfortunately, the construction was not top grade and all that can be seen today is ruins. (see Presidio Then pics)

Located near the Menard County golf course, the Presidio has been the sight of many archeological digs in recent years.

 

The San Sabá Mission: Spanish Pivot in Texas by Robert Weddle, (Texas A&M University Press)

The San Sabá Papers—A Documentary Account of the Founding and Destruction of San Sabá Mission (2000). Published by Southern Methodist University Press

The Rediscovery of Santa Cruz de San Sabá, A Mission for the Apache in Spanish Texas [San Sabá Regional Survey Report I]. V. Kay Hindes, Mark R. Wolf, Grant D. Hall, and Kathleen Kirk Gilmore, with Spanish document translation by Philip A. Dennis. Austin: Texas Historical Foundation and Texas Tech University, 1995. Pp. viii, 94. $15. paper.

"The Destruction of the San Saba Apache Misssion: A Discussion of the Casualties" Romero de Terreros Castilla, Juan M.

The Americas - Volume 60, Number 4, April 2004, pp. 617-627

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