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9 August 2008: The plaque reads: "Mission Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga Founded in 1722 by the Aguayo Expedition on La Bahia del Espiritu
Santo (The Bay of the Holy Spirit) Because of threats from the French and the Indians, Spain founded
this mission and its auxiliary fort, Difficulties, however, caused both to be removed in only four
years to the Guadalupe River, and again At its peak of success the mission possessed huge herds of cattle
and supplied settlements in Mexico, In 1758 about 180 persons resided at the mission and fort. All
about were Indian "jacales," crude After a general decline caused the mission to be secularized in
1830, it fell into ruin. In 1932 this land
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