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Old Socorro MissionThe Socorro area preserves one of the oldest mission landscapes associated with Spanish colonial settlement in what is now Texas. It belongs on an El Paso Mission Trail itinerary connecting Indigenous, Spanish and Mexican history along the Rio Grande.
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Texas Borderlands Historic Sites: Missions, Tejano Politics and the Rio Grande WorldConnect Old Socorro Mission, Magoffin Home, Casa Navarro, Lipantitlán and Mission Dolores to the Indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, Tejano and American histories that overlap across Texas borderlands.