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Canary Island Settlers Arrive in San Antonio

Category Exploration & Settlement
Date March 9, 1731
Country United States

A group of Canary Islanders arrived at San Antonio de Béxar and helped form the villa of San Fernando de Béxar. Their arrival contributed to the creation of Texas’s first regularly organized civil government.

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