Nueces County, Texas
Historical Markers in Corpus Christi, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 108 Texas historical markers in Corpus Christi, in Nueces County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Tales of Tragedy, Cowboys & Cattle, and Native History. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2023. 15 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Corpus Christi stories
- Nuecestown Cemeteryplaced 1980
This burial ground served the original residents of the Nuecestown community. The settlement was established in 1852 by Col. Henry Lawrence Kinney…
- 1919 Stormplaced 2000
On August 31, 1919, a tropical storm developed in the Caribbean Sea. For two weeks it grew in intensity, undetected, and moved into the Gulf of…
- Corpus Christi, 1861-1865placed 1963
Near here on August 16 and 18, 1862, three Confederate artillery pieces held off four attacking Federal ships during the Civil War bombardment of…
- Lone Star Fairplaced 1973
Henry L. Kinney (b. 1814), founder of Corpus Christi, began by October 1851 to organize the Lone Star Fair to boost local economy.
- Nuecestown Raidplaced 1988
During the reconstruction era in Texas, tensions mounted between Anglo settlers and Mexicans in the Nueces River area.
- Alta Vista Hotel, Site ofplaced 1985
Colonel Elihu Harrison Ropes (1845-1898) came to Corpus Christi in 1888 with grand ideas for the town's development and promotion.
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All 108 historical markers in Corpus Christi
- 1919 Storm2000
- 1941 Corpus Christi Seawall2015
- 1966 Farm Workers Rally and March2017
- Alonzo Álvarez de Pineda1983
- Alta Vista Hotel, Site of1985
- Antonio E. Garcia2016
- Artesian Park and Sulphur Well1976
- Arthur Edward Spohn, M.D. and Spohn Hospital1977
- Broadway Bluff Improvement1986
- Calallen1982
- Camp Scurry2017
- Captain Enrique Villarreal and Rincon del Oso Land Grant1985
- Cattle Drives from South Texas1973
- Centennial House1966
- Centennial Memorial Museum2013
- Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal1985
- Clara Driscoll, The Driscoll Foundation and Driscoll Children's Hospital2012
- Coastal Hide, Tallow and Packing Industries2010
- Confederate Army Deserters Hanged in Corpus Christi2015
- Corpus Christi and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway2012
- Corpus Christi Cathedral1991
- Corpus Christi College-Academy2010
- Corpus Christi Fire Department2002
- Corpus Christi Longshoremen's Unions2018
- Corpus Christi, 1861-18651963
- Duncan Cemetery2000
- Early History of Port of Corpus Christi1977
- Eli Todd Merriman2012
- Explosion of the Steamship Dayton1997
- Felix von Blucher1980
- First Baptist Church of Corpus Christi1982
- First Methodist Church of Corpus Christi1982
- First Presbyterian Church of Corpus Christi1989
- Flour Bluff1976
- Flour Bluff Independent School District2012
- French-Galvan House1986
- Galvan Ballroom2016
- General W.W. Sterling1969
- George Owens2017
- German POW Camp at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi2010
- Gold Star Court of Honor2014
- Grande-Grossman House1985
- Grossman-Graham House1999
- Guaranty Title Company1983
- Gutzon Borglum and the Corpus Christi Bayfront2016
- Hebrew Rest Cemetery1981
- Henry Lawrence Kinney1985
- Hilltop Tuberculosis Sanitorium2013
- Irishtown2007
- Jalufka-Govatos House1990
- James Downing2019
- John Bernard Murphy2017
- John Dix2013
- John Dunn, Jr. Homesite1985
- Jovita González de Mireles2017
- Julius Lichtenstein House1976
- Karankawa Indians1976
- Kelsey Memorial Methodist Church (Iglesia Metodista Kelsey Memorial)1994
- Lone Star Fair1973
- Louis de Planque2014
- LULAC1981
- Matthew Dunn1985
- Matthew Nolan2018
- McCampell House1990
- Moravian Club of Nueces County2007
- Moses Menger Elementary School2008
- Mother Margaret Mary Healy Murphy2018
- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi2010
- Nueces County1975
- Nueces County1936
- Nueces County Courthouse of 19141976
- Nuecestown (4 Miles North)1973
- Nuecestown Cemetery1980
- Nuecestown Raid1988
- Nuecestown Schoolhouse1983
- Old Bayview Cemetery1967
- Old St. Patrick's Church1976
- Padre Island and Padre Nicolas Balli1979
- Pat Dunn Ranch1973
- Rabbi Sidney A. Wolf2014
- Richard and Minerva King House2016
- Sidbury House1976
- Sidbury-Savage House1980
- Simon Gugenheim House1976
- Sisters of the Incarnate Word1978
- Site of Cheston L. Heath School2000
- Site of Kinney's Trading Post1973
- Site of Old Salt Mill1976
- Site of the Corpus Christi Lighthouse1973
- Site of the Nueces Hotel1983
- Snapka Drive Inn2016
- Solomon Coles (1844-1924) and Solomon Coles School1978
- St. John Baptist Church1996
- Stanley L. Kostoryz2013
- Sunshine Cemetery1985
- Temple Beth El2003
- The American G.I. Forum2008
- The Corpus Christi Caller-Times1983
- The Ranchero2011
- Theodore Merchant Lawrence (January 16, 1861-August 10, 1941)1989
- Thomas S. Parker1983
- Tito P. Rivera2023
- Travis Baptist Church2011
- Ward Island
- William DeRyee2015
- William Henderson Maltby2017
- WWII Meeting of Presidents Camacho and Roosevelt2021
- Wynn Seale Junior High School1986
Historical markers near Corpus Christi
- Taft5 stories · 14 mi
- Odem8 stories · 16 mi
- Robstown8 stories · 16 mi
- Aransas Pass5 stories · 18 mi
- Port Aransas7 stories · 21 mi
- San Patricio11 stories · 26 mi
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