Keywords: Interior details at the re-created Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo De Zuniga Mission, near the famous, oft-captured Presidio La Bahia in Goliad, Texas LCCN2014633560.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Founded in 1722 the mission was twice relocated and eventually thrived as what is often recognized as the first cattle ranch in Texas The site in Goliad eventually deteriorated into abandoned ruins In 1931 the city of Goliad and Goliad County transferred the site to the state which agreed to preserve it as a historical park During Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal federal public-works projects conducted archeological historical and architectural research at the mission site and its buildings were then restored with local Civilian Conservation Corps labor under the supervision of the National Park Service and the University of Texas Additional reconstruction occurred in the 1960s and by 1987 the mission appeared as it did in 1749 ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014633560 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/29300/29360a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 29360 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 29360 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |