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SAN FRANCISCO DE LA ESPADA MISSION. The Espada community of San Antonio has the unique distinction of participating in the oldest continually operating irrigation system in the United States. In 1731 Father Pedro Muñoz of the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro made a contract with the Pacaos Indians stating that they would be the owners of San Francisco de la Espada Mission, one of the early Spanish missions on the San Antonio River. The aqueduct, friary, and sacristy were completed in 1745.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v.* "San Francisco De La Espada Mission," (accessed May 2, 2006).
* sub verbo (s.v.) stands for, "under the word.")
San Antonio Missions National Historic Park - San Francisco De La Espada Mission