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The missionaries, also called the Missionary Oblates, served people in the White Horse Desert, also called the Nueces Strip, which is between Corpus Christi and Brownsville. La Parra Ranch was a regular stop for Brétault, also called Padre Juanito, until his death in 1934. [4] Having bought the ranch in 1882, [2] the era of long cattle drives ...
After eight years, Kenedy sold his share of the ranch and purchased the Laureles Ranch, south of Corpus Christi, [1] from Charles Stillman. [4] It was a cattle, sheep, and horse ranch. [ 4 ] After the war, Laureles Ranch expanded to 242,000 acres.
Corpus Christi: 2: Britton-Evans House: Britton-Evans House. December 12, 1976 : 411 N. Upper Broadway Corpus Christi ... King Ranch. October 15, 1966
Gulf American Land Corporation (GALC) was a land development company in Florida founded by brothers Leonard and Jack Rosen. During the late 1950s and 1960s, GALC was the largest land sales company in the United States . [ 2 ]
He established a sheep and cattle ranch known as El Mar Rancho in 1853 or 1855. Herds of wild mustangs rambled over plush rangelands of the island when Mercer first settled there. By 1854, the Texas Senate sanctioned a seven-mile (11 km) channel from Corpus Christi to the Aransas Pass bar to better serve the Port of Corpus Christi. Also in the ...
Chapman Ranch is an unincorporated community in southeastern Nueces County, Texas, United States, 7 mi (11 km) south of Corpus Christi. It is named for a family who purchased 34,000 acres (13,800 ha) of the King Ranch in 1919.
Matagorda Bay (/ ˌ m æ t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə / ⓘ [2]) is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, 143 miles (230 km) east-southeast of San Antonio, 108 miles (174 km) south-southwest of Houston, and 167 miles (269 km) south-southeast of Austin.
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public university in Lee County, Florida, near Fort Myers. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is its second-youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).