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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.
The port of Corpus Christi opened in 1925 after culminating efforts that began as early as 1848 to obtain a deep-water port. [6] The Port of Corpus Christi currently is the sixth largest U.S. port and deepest inshore port on the Gulf of Mexico, it handles mostly oil and agricultural products. In 2005 it was ranked as the 47th largest in the ...
The Florida panhandle (also known as West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida. It is a salient roughly 200 miles (320 km) long, bordered by Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
Again in 2008, the Gulf Coast was struck by a catastrophic hurricane. Due to its immense size, Hurricane Ike caused devastation from the Louisiana coastline all the way to the Kenedy County, Texas, region near Corpus Christi. [14] In addition, Ike caused flooding and significant damage along the Mississippi coastline and the Florida panhandle. [15]
The North Beach History Plaza will open summer 2022 and visitors will learn more about the long history of Corpus Christi's first beach destination.
The event will include reenactments and other activities in honor of the veterans and other notable Corpus Christi figures buried at the cemetery.
[11]: 670 Bluffs along Corpus Christi Bay near Corpus Christi and Portland recessed as far as 100 ft (30 m). [25] Catastrophic damage occurred in downtown Corpus Christi where flooding reached a maximum depth of 11.5 ft (3.5 m). [2] Industrial and public plants along a six-block stretch of the downtown waterfront were destroyed.
Port Lavaca-based Bauer-Smith Dredging Company started construction on the first bridge in February 1949; the project was funded by $1.7 million in public bonds. [1] [2] The 4.5 mile [2] long raised roadway structure opened on 17 June 1950 as a toll road [1] and was originally called the North Padre Island Causeway; on 26 November 1963, Nueces County officials renamed it after President ...