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As late as 1942 Corpus Christi, A History and Guide noted that Benjamin F. Sotherville's gravestone showed damage from Federal artillery. The Corpus Christi Daily Gazette for 22 April 1876 claimed that "dastardly acts committed by some ghoul"—apparently digging up plants—required an "ordinance attaching a severe penalty to this outrageous ...
There has been a newspaper in Corpus Christi for almost as long as there has been a town. In 1883, the Caller was started in a frame building at 310 North Chaparral, now the site of Green's Jewelers. Roy Miller was editor of the Caller 1907–1911, when it was an enterprise of the King Ranch; he sold his interest in it in 1929.
Corpus Christi (/ ˌ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ k r ɪ s t i / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.
The architect of Memorial Coliseum, Richard S. Colley, was Corpus Christi's local star in the world of architecture. The original design included a comprehensive plan for a bayfront 'Civic Center' which would include a City Hall , an auditorium/coliseum, a medium-size exposition hall and two parks.
Dale McBride was born in Lampasas, Texas, on December 18, 1936. [1] He began recording in the 1950s, having several local rockabilly hits in Mississippi. [1] In the late 1960s, McBride was discovered by Dean Martin, who signed him to a contract with Reprise Records.
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Memorial (formerly known as Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital) was a 465-bed hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas that was part of the Christus Spohn Health System, operated by Christus Health. It ceased all operations in September 2022, and was demolished in April 2023.
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He died in Corpus Christi in the spring of 2012 at the age of seventy-six. He is interred at Texas State Cemetery in Austin. [1] In December 2003, the Carlos Truan Natural Resources Building at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, a facility for which he had obtained funding a decade earlier, was named in his honor. [3]