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Corpus Christi de (San Antonio de) la Isleta/Ysleta (Sur) 31.69101, -106.32739: 1682 The first mission in Texas. Flooding destroyed the mission in both 1742 and 1829. The present church was constructed in 1851 on higher ground. In 1881, the Jesuits took control and renamed it Mission de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo.
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.
Bill Walraven, Corpus Christi: The History of a Texas Seaport (Woodland Hills, California, 1982) Eugenia Reynolds Briscoe, City by the Sea: A History of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1519–1875 (New York: Vantage, 1985) Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Corpus Christi". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
Twenty-six years ago, the world looked on as Prince William and Prince Harry said goodbye to their mom. Read on for photos of the day Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest.
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Between her invariable influence on timeless fashion and her dedication to raising awareness, everything Diana did in tandem with her fame was for others. She was dubbed the “People’s Princess ...
Petra Vela de Vidal Kenedy (31 January 1823 – 16 March 1885) was a Mexican rancher, philanthropist, and matriarch of one of the most influential families in South Texas during the nineteenth century. [1] She was one of the few 19th-century upper-class women of Mexican origin in Texas. [2]
Corpus Christi: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; now the Institute of Hispanic Culture 9: Old Bayview Cemetery: October 21, 2020 : Ramirez St. at Padre St. Corpus Christi: 10: Old Nueces County Courthouse: Old Nueces County Courthouse