# Thursday, July 9, 2026
Good Morning! On this day in 1716, the Domingo Ramón expedition founded the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission among the Nacogdoches Indians, with Father Antonio Margil de Jesús in charge. The abandoned mission’s buildings later became the nucleus of Nacogdoches, which claims to be the oldest town in Texas