Here in the brooding desert and high mesas, two sacred worlds collided: the Catholicism of the Spanish friars and the spirit-filled religion of the indigenous peoples known as the Pueblos.

Here in the brooding desert and high mesas, two sacred worlds collided: the Catholicism of the Spanish friars and the spirit-filled religion of the indigenous peoples known as the Pueblos.

The first settlers were the Spanish friars, who arrived in 1776 to establish a mission in the area. Their efforts to convert the Ohlone into loyal, docile Christians and use them as a source of slave ...

More than 300 years ago, Spanish friars from Querétaro traveled 700 miles to establish the missions at San Antonio De Valero, which would ultimately become The Alamo, laying the foundations for ...