tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post6923940342936616084..comments2023-09-26T04:38:00.780-05:00Comments on Hank’s Eclectic Meanderings: San Antonio: Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayohank_F_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post-65458248318414555512007-11-09T00:32:00.000-06:002007-11-09T00:32:00.000-06:00El JefeThanks. The missions are amazing.I get the...El Jefe<BR/><BR/>Thanks. The missions are amazing.<BR/><BR/>I get the impression that after the initial startup costs the Spanish crown expected the mission to be self-sufficient. At least part of the cost of the wall seems to be internally generated.<BR/><BR/>Building a Church as the center of the community and a granary as economic necessity is one thing, but to divert enough labor to build those walls could only have been possible if there was a real threat.hank_F_Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post-23224396261105873352007-11-08T16:13:00.000-06:002007-11-08T16:13:00.000-06:00Aren't those missions something ? I am always amaz...Aren't those missions something ? I am always amazed when I visit them: even with Indian labor, they must have been prodigiously expensive constructions for the Spanish.<BR/><BR/>The photographs are beautiful.El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.com