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Timeline of Corpus Christi, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.

Prior to 19th century

19th century

  • 1821
  • Mexico gains independence from Spain
  • The Old Indian Trading Grounds become part of Mexico.
  • 1828
  • Known as the Old Indian Trading Grounds.
  • Manuel de Mier y Terán toured through Mexico's province of Texas. Terán noted that some officials favored Corpus Christi as a port, referring to the area on the bay since there was no settlement called Corpus Christi at the time.
  • 1829 - Traders are known to have landed on the coast on the Corpus Christi Bay. No civilization is apparent to traders.
  • 1836
  • Texas gains independence from Mexico
  • The Old Indian Trading Grounds become part of the Republic of Texas although the area was claimed by both Texas and Mexico.
  • 1839 - Henry Kinney sets up trading post (also known as "Kinney's Ranch").
  • 1840
  • On January 17 the unrecognized country of the Republic of the Rio Grande claimed the area south of the Nueces River which included Kinney's Ranch.
  • On November 6 the Republic of the Rio Grande collapsed.
  • Possession of the area returns to the Republic of Texas while Mexico still claimed the area as its own.
  • 1845
  • August: Kinney's Ranch becomes a major U.S. military outpost under command of Zachary Taylor.
  • December 29: Kinney's Ranch becomes part of the United States of America after annexation of the Republic of Texas.
  • 1846
  • March: U.S. military troops depart.
  • Town becomes seat of newly created Nueces County.
  • 1847 - Town renamed "Corpus Christi" ("something more definite for a postmark on letters.")
  • 1852
  • September 9: Corpus Christi incorporated.
  • Residents elect city council and mayor, Benjamin F. Neal, who served from 1852 to 1855.
  • 1860 - Population: 175.
  • 1861 - Corpus Christi becomes part of the Confederate States of America.
  • 1862 - August: Town besieged by U.S. forces.
  • 1865 - Confederate States of America collapse and possession returns to the United States of America.
  • 1870 - Population: 2,140.
  • 1875 - Conflict between "local settlers and Mexicans."
  • 1876 - A city charter was adopted.
  • 1883 - Corpus Christi Caller newspaper begins publication.
  • 1890 - Population: 4,387.

20th century

21st century

  • 2003 - Corpus Christi designated an All-America City.
  • 2004 - December 24: Snowstorm occurs.
  • 2007 - Senor Jaime's erected a 12 ft Rooster which is now a city monument.
  • 2010
  • Only a Handful releases the Corpus Christi theme song "I'm from Corpus"
  • Population: 305,215.
  • 2011 - Blake Farenthold becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 27th congressional district.

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Coleman McCampbell, Saga of a Frontier Seaport (Dallas: South-West, 1934)
  • Coleman McCampbell, Texas Seaport: The Story of the Growth of Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend Area (New York: Exposition, 1952)
  • Corpus Christi: 100 Years (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 1952)
  • Dan E. Kilgore, "Corpus Christi: A Quarter Century of Development, 1900–1925," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 75 (April 1972).
  • Dan Kilgore, Nueces County, Texas, 1750–1800: A Bicentennial Memoir (Corpus Christi: Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum, 1975)
  • 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)

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