On North Chaparral Street just north of Resaca Street, on the left when traveling north.
This structure was built at 1101 North Chaparral for Simon and Lila Belle (Soloman) Gugenheim. Simon Gugenheim (1861-1942) was a native Texan who came to Corpus Christi in 1882 with forty dollars in his pocket and remained to become wealthy. He . . . — — Map (db m211723) HM
On South Alameda Street at Angel Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Alameda Street.
In 1871 the Brownsville Congregation of the Incarnate Word, at the request of Bishop Claude Dubuis, sent four sisters to Corpus Christi. They moved into a run-down adobe building at Leopard and Carancahua street. H.L. Kinney had given the site to . . . — — Map (db m182921) HM
Colonel Elihu Harrison Ropes (1845-1898) came to Corpus Christi in 1888 with grand ideas for the town's development and promotion. With financial backing from eastern investors, he sought to make Corpus Christi a deepwater port, to build a . . . — — Map (db m211217) HM
On Lipan Street west of South Carrizo Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Corpus Christi Independent School District hired Miss Rose Dunne to teach English and academics to the city's Mexican American students in a year-long experimental program in 1896. Miss Dunne and her pupils were so successful that in 1901 the . . . — — Map (db m118075) HM
On North Upper Broadway at Blucher Street, on the left when traveling south on North Upper Broadway.
Henry L. Kinney, born in Pennsylvania in June 1814, came to this area about 1858 and established a fort-like trading post (across Broadway). The building, enclosed by a stockade, contained his home, store, and quarters for armed men. The bulk of . . . — — Map (db m118374) HM
On Water Street north of Peoples/Antelope Street, on the right when traveling south.
As railroad lines made travel easier for the people of the state, a group of South Texas businessmen developed plans to attract vacationers to Corpus Christi. The construction of the Nueces Hotel in 1912-1913 was part of this development. . . . — — Map (db m37725) HM
On North Water Street north of Peoples Street, on the left when traveling north.
One of the earliest industries in Corpus Christi was a mill erected at this site by Captain John Anderson (1813-1898), a Swedish-born seafarer who brought his family to Texas in 1852. Anderson built a house here in the 1850s, when this property was . . . — — Map (db m134449) HM
In the late 1850s, Col. John M. Moore began dredging operations in the bay to create a large harbor for Corpus Christi. The U.S. Lighthouse Service purchased this site from J. Burnside and Co. on March 13, 1857, and soon built a brick lighthouse . . . — — Map (db m206772) HM
On Leopard Street at Cantwell Lane, on the right when traveling west on Leopard Street.
Method Snapka was born October 5, 1916, in Abbott, Texas, as the fifth of six boys. He learned to cook for the family at a young age. During the late 1930s, Method Snapka moved to Corpus Christi along with his brother, Rudy, and they left soon after . . . — — Map (db m182981) HM
On Padre Street north of Winnebago, on the left when traveling north.
A former slave, Solomon Melvin Coles was born in Petersburg, Virginia. Before the Civil War, a sheriff disobeyed the law by teaching Coles to read. He worked his way through college beginning at Guilford Institute, Connecticut, as the first Black . . . — — Map (db m211533) HM
On Greenwood Drive just south of South Padre Island Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Survivors of an 1875 hurricane that hit the coastal town of Indianola moved to Corpus Christi and organized a Baptist Church for African Americans. Named St. John Free Mission Baptist Church, the congregation met in a barn until a sanctuary was . . . — — Map (db m211534) HM
From the late 1800's until the early 1940's, the Sunshine Community encompasses this part of what is now Corpus Christi. The small farming and ranching settlement, also known as Encinal, boasted a school, union church, and post office. The . . . — — Map (db m211543) HM
Jewish settlers came to Corpus Christi shortly after the city's founding in 1852. Several became prominent business owners and community leaders. In the 1870s, the Jewish community formed a Hebrew Benevolent Society. In 1912, they formed a . . . — — Map (db m211551) HM
On North Lower Broadway Street just south of Twigg Street, on the right when traveling north.
The first issue of the Corpus Christi "Caller" was published on January 21, 1883. It was established by Eli Merriman, owner of the Corpus Christi "Free Press", Ed Williams, co-owner of the "Semi-Weekly Ledger", and W.P. Caruthers, who is credited . . . — — Map (db m211715) HM
On Up River Road (County Highway 54) at Dunn-Meany Road (Highway 52A), on the left when traveling west on Up River Road.
John Dunn, Sr., (1803-1889) immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1851. He began acquiring large amounts of property in Nueces County, including this site which he purchased in 1868 from Jonas Pickles. This section of his landholdings was . . . — — Map (db m182985) HM
On Antelope Street at North Lower Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east on Antelope Street.
Henry L. Kinney (b. 1814), founder of Corpus Christi, began by October 1851 to organize the Lone Star Fair to boost local economy. The fair was publicized to attract new settlers to the area, but was a thinly-veiled attempt to recruit men for the . . . — — Map (db m118340) HM
On Packery Channel Park Road, 0.1 miles east of South Padre Island Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Patrick Francis Dunn, the son of Irish immigrants Thomas and Catherine H. Dunn, was born Oct. 10, 1858, in Corpus Christi. He married Clara J. Jones Aug. 30, 1883.
In Dec. 1883, Pat Dunn entered a partnership with his mother and brother, . . . — — Map (db m182900) HM
Theodore Merchant “Buddy” Lawrence, Jr., was born on January 16, 1861 in Corpus Christi and was the son of Theodore Merchant and Sarah Ann (Quinn) Lawrence. He was also the grandson of one of the city's first physicians, Dr. David Henry Lawrence. . . . — — Map (db m211729) HM
Born in Philadelphia in 1817, Thomas S. Parker came to Texas at the age of twenty. In 1839 he and his parents William W. and Hannah Parker were awarded large land grants in the vicinity of present-day Corpus Christi; they used the land to raise . . . — — Map (db m31944) HM
On Schanen Boulevard just east of Weber Road, on the right when traveling east.
Travis Baptist Church in 1911, residents of the rural southwest Nueces County farming community of London formed the London Baptist Church. The congregation included forty charter members and services were first held in the community’s school, . . . — — Map (db m211958) HM
USS Lexington CV-16
Aircraft Carrier
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark.
This highly decorated warship illustrates the pivotal role
Performed by aircraft carriers during World War II as these ships became the . . . — — Map (db m42149) HM
On Ocean Drive, 0.2 miles east of Island Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Originally called Island 'A', this 258 acre peninsula was later named for land developer John C. Ward who obtained the island in 1892. Plans to develop the island into an exclusive resort community were crushed by a depression in 1893, but Ward . . . — — Map (db m211978) HM
Chemist, geologist, and photographer William DeRyee was born as William Düry in Würzburg, Bavaria. He was educated at the gymnasium and lateinschule in Würzburg, then went on to study at the University of Munich. He participated in the 1848 uprising . . . — — Map (db m182940) HM
Near Ramirez Street at Padre Street, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Worthington, Ohio, on March 14, 1837, William Henderson Maltby served as a journalist and newspaper publisher for three Corpus Christi newspapers. While living in Cleveland, Maltby worked as a typesetter for the Cleveland Herald in . . . — — Map (db m182933) HM
On Ayers Street at 15th Street, on the right when traveling east on Ayers Street.
This property was outside the city limits in 1934 when acquired by the Corpus Christi Independent School District for a new junior high. The school board voted to name the planned facility for Edmund Wynn Seale (c.1887-1934) shortly after his death. . . . — — Map (db m182926) HM
On U.S. 77, 0.1 miles south of Daisy Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Appointed in 1764 by the governor of the Spanish colony of Nuevo Santander, Captain Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon (1712-1767) established an outpost and way station (8 miles east), the first in present-day Nueces County. He was commissioned to . . . — — Map (db m166445) HM
On Port Street near West Cotter Street, on the right.
Aransas Pass, The natural inlet (3 miles) to Aransas Bay, separates San Jose and Mustang Islands. These islands are part of a chain of barrier islands which extend along the entire length of Texas' coastal mainland.
At the beginning of the . . . — — Map (db m201790) HM
On North Alister Street at East Brundrett Avenue, on the left when traveling south on North Alister Street.
Port Aransas is located on Mustang Island, one of seven Texas barrier islands. It is named for the wild horses that came here from shipwrecks and Spanish expeditions, and which once populated the island. The earliest humans here were members of . . . — — Map (db m182892) HM
On JC Barr Boulevard, 0.4 miles east of West Cotter Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
We the citizens of Port Aransas and V.F.W. Post 8967, dedicate this monument to all military veterans who have answered the call to duty, and have served honorably during peace or war time upholding the rights of freedom, dignity and brotherhood, . . . — — Map (db m182887) WM
On East Cotter Avenue at Tarpon Street, on the right when traveling east on East Cotter Avenue.
In 1886 Frank Stephenson, a boat pilot and assistant Aransas Lighthouse Keeper, opened an inn at this site in an old barracks. He called the facility "Tarpon Inn" for the abundant trophy fish in nearby gulf waters. The inn served as a landmark for . . . — — Map (db m182890) HM
On North Alister Street at East Brundrett Avenue, on the left when traveling south on North Alister Street.
Robert Ainsworth Mercer (1799-1875) arrived on Mustang Island ca. 1855. After starting a small settlement, Mercer was appointed Nueces County's Wreck Master, with oversight of the disposition of vessels lost crossing Aransas Pass. His sons, John . . . — — Map (db m182891) HM
On Port Street at West Cotter Street, on the right on Port Street. Reported missing.
The Aransas Pass has significantly influenced the economic development of the region. The natural waterway also has included treacherous navigational hazards. In 1878, the US Government addressed this situation when it established the first Aransas . . . — — Map (db m45835) HM
In the late 1700's the US began a coastal defense system to protect ports and strategic points. Texas, which became a State in 1845, featured several Gulf Coast sites that would prove important in the US Military engagements in the 19th Century and . . . — — Map (db m45832) HM
On Farm to Market Road 665, on the left when traveling west.
By 1840, tens of thousands of wild cattle roamed this vast south Texas region between the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico. The longhorns were almost worthless to Texans, so in 1842, extended cattle drives began with small herds driven to New . . . — — Map (db m205735) HM
Formed at the start of the 20th century, Robstown grew around the intersection of the Texas Mexican Railway and the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad. At the time, Methodist circuit riders were active in the area, and a Methodist church, . . . — — Map (db m207390) HM
On East Main Avenue at North 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Avenue.
Robstown began in 1903 at the merger point of the Texas-Mexican and the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroads. The town grew rapidly after the arrival of land developer George H. Paul. He organized the George H. Paul Land Co., acquired . . . — — Map (db m118052) HM
On East Avenue A, on the right when traveling west.
The community of Robstown developed around the traffic generated by the junction of the Texas-Mexican and the St. Louis, Brownsville, & Mexico railroads. In 1914 C.C. Brendle and V.V. Elick purchased land at this site for the purpose of . . . — — Map (db m207821) HM
Soon after Riley and Ella Mays moved with their 12 children to Robstown in 1917, they and the Ira Collier family worked to organize this congregation. The first worship service was held in September 1918 in a Robstown school building, and the . . . — — Map (db m208166) HM
A major cotton producing district of Texas during the early twentieth century, Nueces County saw many migrant workers come through towns like Robstown for work in cotton and vegetable farms. Robstown Labor Camp was completed in 1940 as one of . . . — — Map (db m210840) HM
On North 5th Street north of East Main Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The Robstown Record began serving the Robstown community and surrounding areas in 1919, when M.L. Dale and his wife, Myrtle, began to print the paper. At the time, Robstown did not have a newspaper; the community's first new periodical, . . . — — Map (db m118053) HM
In 1876, the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad began construction from Corpus Christi to Laredo. It was sold and renamed the Texas Mexican railway (The Tex Mex) in 1881. In the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico . . . — — Map (db m210841) HM
In early twentieth century Robstown, German and Moravian families migrated to this area to farm. Czech-speaking Catholics could not find any places of worship that could provide spiritual services in their native language. Father Joseph Klobouk . . . — — Map (db m211536) HM
On West Main Avenue west of South Matiana Ortiz Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
Thomas Jefferson Jackson was born in 1890 in North Texas to a rancher and Baptist minister and his wife. Raised to value physical labor and good health, Jackson grew up with enough physical strength to be a professional strongman at age 17. He . . . — — Map (db m211541) HM
On Farm to Market Road 666, 1 mile south of County Road 1740, on the right when traveling north.
Ranchers occupying the 1804 Spanish land grant of Jose Herrera established this crossing of the Nueces and named the scattered settlement Santa Margarita. In 1828, John McMullen and James McGloin received a land grant from the Mexican government for . . . — — Map (db m193568) HM
Occupied in 1831 by soldiers of the Mexican army to prevent further Anglo-American colonization in Texas. Captured November 4, 1835 by volunteers under Captain Ira Westover. Unsuccessfully attacked June 7, 1842 by 700 men under Gen. Antonio . . . — — Map (db m240205) HM
In 1728 a Spanish fort was built at this site near a Lipan Apache village with the Aztec name "Lipantitlan." The post was later abandoned, and the village was deserted after many Indians died with the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition at the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m207400) HM
On County Highway 61 south of State Highway 44, on the right when traveling north.
In Nov. 1909, the Rev. J. Goebels called a meeting to organize St. Anthony's parish for the recently settled German Catholic farm families in the community of Land Siding, later known as Violet. Louis Petrus donated five acres for a church site, . . . — — Map (db m117483) HM
On County Highway 61 south of State Highway 44, on the right when traveling north.
Settlement founded in 1908 by German settlers • Church founded as a mission in 1910 and a public school until 1912 • Rectory built in 1912 and used as a second school until 1918 • Church was remodeled in 1919 and moved to Clarkwood in 1952 as our . . . — — Map (db m117497) HM
On County Highway 61 at State Highway 44, on the right when traveling north on County Highway 61.
In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Texas’ independence, Violet, Texas was recognized and sanctioned as an independent sesquicentennial community by the State of Texas and by the County of Nueces.
Special recognition is given to the . . . — — Map (db m117478) HM
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