Tex Visits the San Jose Mission

Tex, the Longhorn, spent the weekend of November 14, 2014 soaking in Texas History in San Antonio, Texas.  Tex answered the following questions:

1.   Where is Tex?  On Friday, November 14 Tex left Houston, Texas USA by truck and traveled to San Antonio, Texas.  He visited the San Jose Mission on Sunday, November 16, 2014.

2. What is the geography like there? San Antonio, the seventh most populous city in the United States of America and the second most populous city in the state of Texas, is located in the Hill Country.  It is situated in south central Texas between the Edwards Plateau to the northwest and the Gulf Coastal Plains to the southeast.  The terrain has oak trees, mesquite trees and cacti.

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  Residents and visitors of San Antonio enjoy eating many different types of food.  When Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen visit San Antonio they like to eat at The Alamo Café, Mi Tierra Restaurant and Bakery, Bohanans Steakhouse, and Landry’s Seafood on the river walk.

4. What types of jobs are there? The most common jobs in San Antonio are nurses, teachers, ranchers, farmers, and tourism.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends? Many people enjoy watching the San Antonio Spurs, the basketball team, as well as University of Texas at San Antonio’s Football team, the Roadrunners!

6. Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there! Tex’s clue is at the end of this post.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex’s trip to San Antonio, Texas to visit the Alamo.

Here are a Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen in front of the San Jose Mission and a picture of the inside of the mission.  The San Jose was founded in 1720 by Father Antonio Margil de Jesus, an important Franciscan missionary in early Texas.  The San Jose Mission is known as the “Queen of Missions” because of it is the biggest of the missions in San Antonio and the elaborate sculptures that adorns it.

 

Here is Tex reading about the Church and the Mission.

 

The San Jose Mission housed and taught the Indians, the Coahuiltecans (kwa-weel-tay-kans) about Catholic religion and eventually converted them to the Catholic religion.  During the Alamo Battle the San Jose Mission also housed Spanish Soldiers.  The San Jose Mission’s grounds are beautiful to take a walk in or sit and prayer in the beautiful garden.  Here are a few pictures of the grounds, the gardens, the water well, and Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s favorite the Rose Window located.  

Here is Tex getting his picture taken in front of the San Jose Sign.

For more information on San Antonio, Texas, the Alamo, University of Texas at San Antonio, Mi Tierra Café, Alamo Café, Landry’s, and Bohanans please visit the websites below.

http://www.sanantonio.gov/

http://visitsanantonio.com/

http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/index.htm

http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjose.htm

Interactive Map of the Alamo

 http://www.thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/index.html

http://www.goutsa.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=34919

http://www.mitierracafe.com/

http://www.bohanans.com/

http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/directory/landrys-seafood

http://www.alamocafe.com/

Tex's clue for his next stop:  Tex gets to visit with a jolly old man who wears a red suit and a red hat, and has Rudolph the Reindeer to help him. If you think you know the answer to Tex’s clue please email Mrs. Normann-Petersen at:    cnormannpetersen@stmorenews.com