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San Juan Bautista is considered the mother of all Texas missions and gateway to our state Tejano Moments: San Juan Bautista Mission Tags: SAN ANTONIO – Once considered the “gateway” to Texas, San Juan Bautista is known as the mother of all Texas missions. It was founded on Jan. 1, 1700, and was located in present-day Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico, about 35 miles from Eagle Pass, Texas. Map of Guerrero Mexico (KSAT) The function of the mission was to serve as a complex for religious clergy, military and to be a stop for all expeditions that were heading into Texas. The mission was important to San Antonio history as Governor Martin de Alarcón launched his founding expedition of the Alamo City in 1718 from San Juan Bautista and in 1731 soldiers from the mission escorted Canary Islanders to San Antonio. ....