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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 * 1519 - Spaniard Alonso Alvarez de Pineda travels to bay on day of religious Feast of Corpus Christi. 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.Givens, Murphey.City Built on Old Trading Grounds Caller-Times. November 25, 2009. Web. January 16, 2015. * 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 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The population was 277,454 at the 2000 census; in 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 285,175, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the three-county Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The translation from Latin of the city's name is ''Body of Christ'', given to the settlement by the Spanish, in honor of the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharist). The city has been nicknamed ''The Sparkling City by the Sea,'' or "Corpitos" particularly in literature promoting tourism. Before Corpus Christi was known as Kinney's Rancho or Kinney's Ranch it was on a site known as the Old Indian Trading Grounds where traders smuggled contraband goods to sell and trade in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Of America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotary Club
Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. Its stated mission is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through hefellowship of business, professional, and community leaders". It is a non-political and non-religious organization. Membership is by invitation and based on various social factors. There are over 46,000 member clubs worldwide, with a membership of 1.4 million individuals, known as Rotarians. History The first years of the Rotary Club The first Rotary Club was formed when attorney Paul P. Harris called together a meeting of three business acquaintances in downtown Chicago, United States, at Harris's friend Gustave Loehr's office in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on February 23, 1905. In addition to Harris and Loehr (a mining engineer and freemason), Silvester Schiele (a coal merchant), and Hiram E. Shorey (a tailor) were the other two who attended this f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Oslo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo ( la, Osloënsis) is an exempt diocese located in the city of Oslo in Norway. Parishes The territory is divided into 25 parishes, located in the following sites: Oslo (3), Moss, Askim, Fredrikstad, Halden, Lillestrøm, Hamar, Kongsvinger, Lillehammer, Jessheim, Hønefoss, Stabekk, Drammen, Fagernes, Tønsberg, Larvik, Sandefjord, Porsgrunn, Arendal, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen. History By 1070, the see was established as the Diocese of Oslo, and the bishop was seated at St. Hallvard's Cathedral. In 1537 - in the course of the Lutheran Reformation in Denmark-Norway and Holstein - Christian III of Denmark suppressed the Catholic episcopates at the Norwegian sees. Thereafter Lutheranism prevailed in Scandinavia. In 1582 the stray Catholics in Norway and elsewhere in Northern Europe were placed under the jurisdiction of a papal nuncio in Cologne. The Congregation de propaganda fide, on its establishment in 1622, took cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Corpus Christi
The Diocese of Corpus Christi ( la, Dioecesis Corporis Christi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Texas. It was founded on March 23, 1912, having been the Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville until then. Over the years, it has lost territory to be parts of other dioceses, including, in 1965, Brownsville. The Diocese of Corpus Christi is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Bishops Vicars Apostolic of Brownsville # Dominic Manucy (1874-1884) - John Claude Neraz, Bishop of San Antonio, Apostolic Administrator, 1887 to 1890 # Peter Verdaguer y Prat (1890-1911) Bishops of Corpus Christi # Paul Joseph Nussbaum (1913-1920), appointed Bishop of Saulte Sainte Marie-Marquette # Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina (1921-1949) # Mariano Simon Garriga (1949-1965; Coadjutor 1936–1949) # Thomas Joseph Drury (1965-1983) # René Henry Gracida (1983-1997) # Roberto González Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Christi Times
The ''Corpus Christi Caller-Times'' is the newspaper of record for Corpus Christi, Texas. History 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. Later, there was a newspaper called the ''Times''. Both were located on North Chaparral in 1920. In the late 1920s, the two were combined to become the ''Caller-Times''. The present building was erected in 1935 at 820 North Lower Broadway and has subsequently been remodeled and enlarged several times. The most recent addition was completed in 1994 when a new Goss Metroliner offset press was installed in a $10 million expansion. Another milestone was reached in August 1995 – the Internet edition of ''Caller-Times'' was launched. The site was re-desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicling America
''Chronicling America'' is an open access, open source newspaper database and companion website. It is produced by the United States National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NDNP was founded in 2005. The ''Chronicling America'' website was publicly launched in March 2007. It is hosted by the Library of Congress. Much of the content hosted on ''Chronicling America'' is in the public domain. The database is searchable by key terms, state, language, time period, or newspaper. The ''Chronicling America'' website contains digitized newspaper pages and information about historic newspapers to place the primary sources in context and support future research. It hosts newspapers written in a variety of languages. In selecting newspapers to digitize, the site relies on the discretion of contributing institutions. The project describes itself as a "long-term effort to develop an Internet-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In Texas
This is a list of newspapers in Texas, United States. Daily, weekly, and other newspapers College newspapers * ''The Battalion'' – Texas A&M University * ''The Baylor Lariat'' – Baylor University * The Brand' – Hardin-Simmons University * '' The Collegian'' – Houston Baptist University * ''The Daily Campus'' - Southern Methodist University * ''The Daily Cougar'' – University of Houston * '' TCU Daily Skiff'' – Texas Christian University * ''The Daily Texan'' – University of Texas at Austin * ''The Daily Toreador'' – Texas Tech University * '' The Dateline Downtown'' – University of Houston–Downtown * '' The East Texan'' – Texas A&M University-Commerce * ''The Flame'' – University of Houston–Victoria * ''Hilltop Views'' – St. Edward's University * '' The Houstonian – Sam Houston State University'' * ''The Mercury – The University of Texas at Dallas '' * ''The Mesquite'' – Texas A&M University-San Antonio * ''North Texas Daily'' – University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Christi Caller
The ''Corpus Christi Caller-Times'' is the newspaper of record for Corpus Christi, Texas. History 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. Later, there was a newspaper called the ''Times''. Both were located on North Chaparral in 1920. In the late 1920s, the two were combined to become the ''Caller-Times''. The present building was erected in 1935 at 820 North Lower Broadway and has subsequently been remodeled and enlarged several times. The most recent addition was completed in 1994 when a new Goss Metroliner offset press was installed in a $10 million expansion. Another milestone was reached in August 1995 – the Internet edition of ''Caller-Times'' was launched. The site was re-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Charter
A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (''charter'') establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the Middle Ages. Traditionally the granting of a charter gave a settlement and its inhabitants the right to town privileges under the feudal system. Townspeople who lived in chartered towns were burghers, as opposed to serfs who lived in villages. Towns were often " free", in the sense that they were directly protected by the king or emperor, and were not part of a feudal fief. Today the process for granting is determined by the type of government of the state in question. In monarchies, charters are still often a royal charter given by the Crown or the authorities acting on behalf of the Crown. In federations, the granting of charters may be within the jurisdiction of the lower level of government such as a province. Canada In Canada charters are granted by provincial authorities. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate States Of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confederacy comprised U.S. states that declared secession and warred against the United States during the American Civil War: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Kentucky and Missouri also declared secession and had full representation in the Confederate Congress, though their territory was largely controlled by Union forces. The Confederacy was formed on February 8, 1861, by seven slave states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. All seven were in the Deep South region of the United States, whose economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture—particularly cotton—and a plantation system that relied upon enslaved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Corpus Christi, Texas
The following is a list of mayors of Corpus Christi, Texas.Corpus Christi Public Libraries: Local History Vertical File: City Government. Accessed 6 Apr 2009. The current mayor is Paulette Guajardo. The acting pro-tem, Gabe Lozano, finished out his term until 1979. (Luby resigned in order to run for Congress and city ordinance prohibited him from holding his position while running for another office) See also * 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 * 1519 - Spaniard Alonso Alvarez de Pineda travels to bay on day of religious Feast of Corpus Christi. 19th century * 1821 ** Mexic ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Mayors Of Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi *Corpus Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
