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Finding St. Patrick's Church in need of repair he had a second and larger church built on the same property. The new church was ready for use in November 1882. On March 23, 1912, St. Pius X established the Diocese of Corpus Christi [3] and St. Patrick's became the cathedral for the new diocese. Major hurricanes hit Corpus Christi in 1916 and ...
Corpus Christi (/ ˌ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ k r ɪ s t i / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.
A panorama of Corpus Christi taken from Flour Bluff. Flour Bluff is a specified area of the city of Corpus Christi, Texas.It is located on Encinal peninsula bordered by Corpus Christi Bay on the north, Oso Bay on the west, the Laguna Madre on the east and the King Ranch to the south.
The route from Corpus Christi to Chapman Ranch was originally designated as a portion of SH 96 as early as 1933. [3] The highway was redesignated to SH 286 on September 26, 1939. [1] Throughout much of 2017, construction was done to expand the freeway south to FM 43. The work was completed by the end of the year.
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Port Lavaca-based Bauer-Smith Dredging Company started construction on the first bridge in February 1949; the project was funded by $1.7 million in public bonds. [1] [2] The 4.5 mile [2] long raised roadway structure opened on 17 June 1950 as a toll road [1] and was originally called the North Padre Island Causeway; on 26 November 1963, Nueces County officials renamed it after President ...
North Beach, historically known as Rincon Point, is a section of Corpus Christi, Texas located on the far north end of the city. It is on the El Rincon peninsula surrounded by Corpus Christi Bay and Nueces Bay. The name was changed to Corpus Christi Beach in the 1950s, but the City Council officially changed the name back to "North Beach" in ...
The South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center, formerly known as the Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is a nonprofit, 180-acre botanical garden and nature center located at 8545 South Staples, Corpus Christi, Texas. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.