Historical Markers in Corpus Christi, Texas

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.

Corpus Christi on the Texas history calendar

• September 14: 1919 Storm
• June 9: Alta Vista Hotel, Site of
• March 9: Camp Scurry
• August 16: Corpus Christi, 1861-1865
• May 1: Lone Star Fair
• February 17: LULAC
• December 4: Nuecestown Cemetery
• March 26: Nuecestown Raid

All 93 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
• Camp Scurry2017
• Captain Enrique Villarreal and Rincon del Oso Land Grant1985
• Cattle Drives from South Texas1973
• Centennial House1966
• Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal1985
• Clara Driscoll, The Driscoll Foundation and Driscoll Children's Hospital2012
• 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
• Early History of Port of Corpus Christi1977
• 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
• 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 Dix2013
• 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 County Courthouse of 19141976
• Nuecestown (4 Miles North)1973
• Nuecestown Cemetery1980
• Nuecestown Raid1988
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Port Aransas7 stories · 21 mi
• San Patricio9 stories · 26 mi
• Banquete9 stories · 26 mi
• Rockport14 stories · 28 mi
• Fulton7 stories · 32 mi
• Kingsville12 stories · 35 mi

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