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From the National Park Service website:

'During the 18th century, the Spanish established a chain of missions along the San Antonio River. These missions became the foundation for the city of San Antonio. ... The goal of the missions was to spread the Catholic faith among the native inhabitants and to serve as a buffer against expansion by foreign invaders. The missions were primarily religious centers where the Coahuiltecan Indian population was instructed in the Catholic religion and taught European beliefs.

"Mission San Francisco de la Espada is the southern-most of the San Antonio missions. The mission was established in 1731 and was used by James Bowie, William Travis and the Texas army as a stronghold against the Mexicans during Texas' struggle for independence. Ruins of the mission walls, a granary, a convento (missionary quarters) and a fortified tower also remain. The mission's kilns are the only known lime kilns in Texas that survive from the Spanish Colonial period. The mission has been rebuilt throughout its history and is currently being restored by the Archdiocese of San Antonio."

 
Mission San Francisco de la Espada – Then and Now (100+ years later)

"Fourth Mission (1892) by Mary Jacobson      "Mission Espada (2011)" by Ellen Yeates
     
 

In addition to the 8 glorious pictures of bridges The Library of Congress has posted over each of the last eight days, a few of the birthday tributes to Flickr Commons can be seen here: 8th Birthday for Flickr Commons A gallery curated by swanq Happy Birthday Flickr Commons! A gallery curated by Pixel Wrangler Happy 8th Birthday, Flickr Commons! An album curated by Katya Henry and Jacinta Sutton, Project Officers at State Library of Queensland

I've crossed this bridge many times.

Very nice

I'm glad to have stumbled across this photo stream last year. Or perhaps it was the year before? Fascinating history, and often superb photography.

Awesome photo - beautiful in black and white. Does the bridge look the same today as it did then?

Interior of covered bridge at Scotts Mills, Oregon; looking toward the sawmill in the evening. (c.1948?)

Scotts Mills Bridge, also known as Newlen Bridge, crossed Butte Creek on the Clackamas and Marion County line in the small logging community of Scotts Mills. (Population: 360 in 2013.)

Reported as being built in either 1906 or 1924, the bridge was used extensively in the community until 1951 when Marion County replaced it with the present steel bridge of a Warren polygonal pony truss design on what is now known as South Nowlens Bridge Road. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]


Bridge at Scotts Mills, Oregon– Then and Now (50+ Years Later)

"Bridge of Scotts Mills, Oregon" 2011 by Miary Andria


"Interior of covered bridge looking toward sawmill"
c.1948 by Wanda Gifford – OSU Archives