After being closed for a few years the state of LA turned management over to the National Park Service. They are technically closed in January and February, but our timing was good in catching an employee doing some work who was glad to let us into the visitors building and talk about the history of the site with us.
Under Spanish rule there was no fort in this area, until LaSalle traveled down the Mississippi River from Canada and claimed all the land along it for France. The Spanish decided they need to make sure the French didn't move west, so they established a fort at Los Adaes. It is at the beginning of the El Camino Real de los Tejas. Tejas is an Indian work for friendly. The Tejas Indians were several tribes that lived harmoniously, while not actually together. Los Adaes became the capital of Province of Texas 1721-1773. A Spanish mission was established nearby with Father Margil (pronounced Mar-heel), a Franciscan monk. He traveled here from Panama on foot. More about him in a subsequent post.
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Under Spanish rule there was no fort in this area, until LaSalle traveled down the Mississippi River from Canada and claimed all the land along it for France. The Spanish decided they need to make sure the French didn't move west, so they established a fort at Los Adaes. It is at the beginning of the El Camino Real de los Tejas. Tejas is an Indian work for friendly. The Tejas Indians were several tribes that lived harmoniously, while not actually together. Los Adaes became the capital of Province of Texas 1721-1773. A Spanish mission was established nearby with Father Margil (pronounced Mar-heel), a Franciscan monk. He traveled here from Panama on foot. More about him in a subsequent post.
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| See the "dead" woman in the window. |
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| Nothing really left of the original buildings of course. |
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| Very knowledgeable employee Michael. |
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| Typical Franciscan monk attire. |
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| This is what looked like a woman hanging in the window. Type of attire worn by the Spanish soldiers at the fort. |
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