Texas A&M University (TAMU) GEOG 305 Geography of Texas Test 1 Practice

The first European presence in Texas came with Spanish frontier expansion into the borderlands after the Pueblo Revolt. The El Paso region, where the Ysleta Mission was established around 1682, marks that earliest settlement. This western outpost predates the later foundations of San Antonio’s mission complex, the La Bahía (Goliad) settlements, and the East Texas outposts like Nacogdoches. The location shows how Spain began by building missions and presidios along the Rio Grande before expanding deeper into what is now Texas, making El Paso the earliest European settlement.