Heritage, 2008, Volume 1 Page: 3
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+ That on March 9, 1731, 15 Canary Islander families marched into a valley
between the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek-the place now known as San
Antonio-to establish a settlement in the name of Spain?
** That five months later, on August 1, 1731, the Canary Islanders founded the first
civil government in Texas?
*:* That the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio was established by the Canary
Islanders, completed in 1749, and that the walls of the original church still stand?
* That San Fernando Cathedral is the oldest active church in the United States and
the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio?
o* That Panna Maria, outside of San Antonio, is the oldest permanent Polish settlement
in the United States, has the oldest Polish church in this country, and the oldest
U.S. Polish parochial school?
* That some call Panna Maria the Polish Plymouth Rock?
* That a popular way to teach Texas history in the state from the 1920s through the
1960s was with the Texas History Movies book, a cartoon booklet published by
Magnolia Petroleum?
* That Salado, a small town located between Austin and Waco, was once known as
the "Athens of Texas"?
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