All the western states and territories . Mission of San Jose. SpanisTi town, and the old missionary church of the became a common parish-church. The traveler already quoted from, in describing the Missions on the SaaAntonio River, in tlie vicinity of the town, which were named respectivelySan Jose, La Espada, San Juan and Concepcion, says: . They were large, strong, half church, half fortress edifices, in appearance some-thing lilie the feudal castles ofolden time, whose ruins are scat-tered all over Europe, surround-ed ]jy a high and massive stonewall, with only one huildi
All the western states and territories . Mission of San Jose. SpanisTi town, and the old missionary church of the became a common parish-church. The traveler already quoted from, in describing the Missions on the SaaAntonio River, in tlie vicinity of the town, which were named respectivelySan Jose, La Espada, San Juan and Concepcion, says: . They were large, strong, half church, half fortress edifices, in appearance some-thing lilie the feudal castles ofolden time, whose ruins are scat-tered all over Europe, surround-ed ]jy a high and massive stonewall, with only one huildings, consisting ofchapels, doi-mitories, halls, cellaand kitchens, were all built oflimestone, the quarrying andtransporting of which mustalone have been an immense la-bur, as some of the ediiiccs wereof great extent. Each missionwas surrounded by an extensivelarin, whose acequias and irri-gating ditches are yet all the missions in thissection that of San Jose musthave been conspicuous from itssize, its strength, and the r
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