I did my project on La Bahia. La Bahia is one of the many Spanish missions in Texas. It isn’t well know because there was no major battles.
La Bahia was found in 1721 right on the Bay of Holy Spirit. It’s now it is called Matagorda Bay and Lavaca Bay. It got its name from La Bahia del Espiritu Santo. The Spanish shorten the name to La Bahia. It was originally at the ruins in Fort St. Louis. Then it was moved inland to Mission Valley in 1726 because of the trouble with the Karankawa Indians. In 1749 it was moved again to its present day in Goliad, Texas. It was built near the Guadalupe River. La Bahia was successful because it was fortified and when attackers attack the mission the Spanish would rebuild it. The materials they used