In 1762 Captain Blas Maria de la Garcia Falcon was commissioned by Don Jose de Escandon (the Governer of Nuevo Santander) to establish an outpost and way station named Petronila, five leagues from the Nueces River in the present Nueces County. The Spanish Territory extended from the San Antonio River to the Punuco River near Vera Cruz, Mexico. Captian Falcon establihsed a garrison, explored the coast, Padre Island, Mustang Island, St. Joseph's Island and established a mission to Christianize t...

In a grass median on shoreline about a 1/2 mile from the T-Heads