smaller ones,wo san francisco and san juan capistrano. that gives us five missions, the largest grouping of spanish missions in the united states. texas was very desirable for its as aaphy and location, and lot of borderlands are, control went and forth between various governmental entities. antoni suspect that san ans got whiplash, there were six different governments. until the 1820's, san antonio was under the overall control of spain. in 1921, there was a revolution in which mexico took control. texas,me the republic of the revolution in 18 d6, -- 1856 related to the alamo. then we had the republic of texas. annexed by the united states. 18 six 21, the confederacy in charge, and four years later, back to the united states. thatbly the single factor shaped san antonio's character and appearance and being was its isolation on the texas frontier. we are inland, a couple hundred miles from the texas coast, and the only way to reach san antonio was by boxcar from the texas coast, and that's when it was not raining or mud. it was a difficul