Corpus Christi Caller and Daily Herald (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. SEVENTEEN, No. 2, Ed. 1, Monday, December 7, 1914 Page: 7 of 16
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Early Day History Of
Corpus Ghristi Re-
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La Salle During June 1685 Sailed Corpus
Christi Bay and Named It In Honor Of
Feast Day According to Tradition
(Mra. Mury (JmtoIV)
Chaparral Street Of Thirty Years Ago
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vral hwiMr4 DiilM 4 rifti nth Tt
lanrit rd .lcng milllan A ar lh l.iiwl agntul
li.ci.1 Und enn davelapmanl Cmu Chr.ti. t m
matt trtreil loaaHrt lawn IHt Ouii Caaal catiMry
iry raturll rn4 th grataa( banttt (ram (!
bunding f tt. ftulf Caaal L n axd th frawlh at h(
iitir halt bat -i ttal and uartam inr that turn.
Thr Si t'ui iravmaii1' a.d M to Ralrd
ku.it d. nnq ItCt I9C4. th firal -.-. b" aaacatad tmm
C'ii Chrnt. la "nvla on J.l 4 1tW t.nt thai
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ii i 't I O'f hund.d m.itt ! airiaaik hava bawi la.d
htA b. 'nr a hoi aa fll3f b..'ll'.fla jnd dwl'..u tf
grtgol ny ... vlu tk.OW.000 hv baa. ku.lt. In li ;
my Cm.i Ch-.at. Hat tw
P'9prt i.i backanad to lha prvir at Carpua Chf.a
l i ' ' t.vy hMva 'aioandv.l li b.Hi.i'q upon tl.a thoraa
o C C i itt. H i .1 .'I t.aa..l . and a tly a)rt
(jrcttiiii .m.mrla. Ai .1 ..l. atari haa br" mda
AtnmtK tlw offiocnt ttlnlioitcil ttt wan Ci .Jffrt PtritC il. '
the Misisspjii Uiflos. . ;
At tltU timi tin- hie of our prcst'tit tWH w mrl f"K intWHi0 "
ttwmvl hy (VI Kiiimy. who foitmlinl th" town tttut hu fT ttf H-
hltf in lSH. AreonUtt to Mt account vn byAuni MMtHa.MiMWia
who holotiKMl lo tht fnntlly ut Captain KorWs HrittlnM in l-lt Wf
wirti about twt'tity white familii to the town the ntto-r SahiynU -t'viim
Mo.itm niul Intllnn. Anutn tin ttntohcr wcf wm t Ur.
laawmiiHv of Mrv V. T. Dunn of Mcmm U;vlilcschwllT Hrntj- it
tlcii Cnhtll. SnlHvun Power Hcrrv. Mcttly mul shortly tifttr tim
fnttt'tlloh of MoCnlc Hntiylmn .McCoy. FlttoitmnoM Mowrc
and Ulttohor.
The first whit ohlhl born In Corptw ClirUtl mn Awlrtsw Hal. .
lllhrH(ilci'.
Aunt Malvltm nlt.u tolls tlmt nl this tiwa 18111 - -tVn wi-re hi
iitoi tltnn titt fntint. unil tnlobo lutcn in tho town tho rest bt?J
log cflblnn tnul "Jiiwlos.' c
Wntor Ktrwt tliil not oxtst ns tltlt Is itttolo urotnnl frtmi the !
tkH f tlio whvw In th toy. The water ttnmo i where the Kplci
pl !tnrlt now tttanils ml there wtis a little footpath itetm the lit-
U toyott Intilt of luu.
With th exception f the ohl Power home there wtiutio halilta.
Unn m tlw hill. It ntooil wltetv the Spohn home now ntatitlit. Tile
ftnt ir hotiac ow the hill wtu that of Captain HrUMiiftr-how IhV
rwililcne f Mr. Itrttee Kvntii. The first lro home In tln bench
iHirtton wn th Mtwly home on Chnpnrral utreet.
The firt wtiarf ws oonstrttctwl by William Mnnn. It iv
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Chaparral Street Of Thirty Years Ago
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111. art n rtl of tin- armj . little t" "tt't m -
ti n!. i's drouglit HI liors-x t.. sell to thr Htui v
I 1 1 ..in the .fivttt wii.l h.-rils that roam'l hr p.
iMtiiiiU nohl for from tm to twelve rfolhtrx . . l
. nil. I hr hiMiK'nt Ht thirtv-MX 'lollara a i
f. ii. mllv stnoiv. foiiiir.l like the Norman h..r-i-i.l
tails. A nmiihei ol the offieern upplirl
li s mi. I thrv l.li.lrn il Hi uxrful ICC us the
I t.-.l ilm' the M iean iv.tiil.l alta.-k th
i. Ii.lslnki"! .MUM 11HI1IMK HIHII. llli'li'i.s
Iti'.iii!. N"t on.- liillii.in lirlh k U'kVt x
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illrt vcrj tiarrow.
There wh a lake
Imck of tho Central
Helmol which hnn
hittee been filled In
linter thin nm a'Hc
Wti.t tho eampl n h
Kronnd for the num.
torleai wnftm trrtltt"
oarryhiK nierchtm-
dlse to and from
Mexico
There w e r o It 0
ehurrhtm ill tllOHf
dnya. and Aunt Mai
in ' linuithtor. An
on Monro 8wl"
wok I'hrlHtiined by u
( ntholle prleht wl-
mil le peri o d 1 o it I
trips to Corp'.i
Christi.
enterprising for we find that
In thin ann year the r!i;.nir
I'd. . . 1 S I.I ttl 1 ! I'' niont
I..UI. Hi. 111- ol Kor ill . 1 III lh-'l
l.uvil ii .Iredmnu inaehine ill Mobile for the piir0M ol opMi0f
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i . Iiann i i '1 10' niitit tiiiiM. I'liitiruinnii'ij ui. iih.v....... .....
!..st on 'v.. ... nits Ml Gulf
I'roi oils Millinble then fur Wt read or lota Oil ChapiUVftt
ti. rt Mum; ii. twij fjpr one hundred uitd fifty dnllors.
Our ot i in- intrrwidnB polnth In tvnril M"t 'il11tort
i own Mi .!.. I'lHlut. Col. Kinney ofler UC?m M Hi" town
IM7 t. It for S'ieHniKiia and niortKiiK-d nil hit properly to u ruiti
r ohieh Mr. .I"ii. wna n tliemher. IVople coniliiK to lilt place nil I
i.i'.wnivr i.'-MiiiiK of the tnorlnt!ii mul puroliiiNiuK property uinler
it. Kim. i title wore eoiiipollifi! MWiiicr or Ititer lo p' ff tho donCK
. liiim. In order to ahjdf llio tllk
Tho town rontlmied on lt eoterpriiiK w until the outbreak of
Thr men of th town win. were hi invor u nuue
thr Confederate Army ami mono who remnnien
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A View of Chaparral Street As It Appears Today
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in iiitt. ' i ion ' mtl ti. Mexico.
Ill Viaust H. lMli'2 the ItllUte id I orpilH Cltl1U W foHJll.
1 i ..in TNI mi" V aeeouiil we Imiin that for Htiiiiu tlrty diirliitt the
tl t ust n Fwlartil hloehmlmtf flt wiia ohtirKe d finj
i raiisn l'aH under Col. Klttrwltfo who maintained it yittllatl'
took .Ht fo i '.iifeitaiat erufl Unit sjiiulit attempt to enter that w-
t. i-hi on njt.iM ta Col. Ktttrode. with bin Kiiuhofit tho Hneheiti.
i.. tlier ttith nehnoiinr mul Moop loiidisl with men arrived off the
l.in sh..r near where Mayor Mlller'a home now tttawU. lie ertiiie
nlorr I. tl i. iiiiiK under a flinj ..f truer and demanded the ur
1-r -I the town Fmtn the Con federate noldiera which coiimMciJ
of ! A W llohy'a rwjrlmmil eonsilin of a oavhlry coiiipany
iii.-ler t aptitiu JiiuitnH Ware a eotnpntiy of infantry and heavy ar-
tillery middr Cflptiiln C. 1). Neid nud CapUtiit Ireland (nftcrwnrdK
(iovernor irelaiidi.
Col. Kltlrlik'o said lie would tflve the .'.V'nr-dernteii twcnty-roiir
houra to fiiirreinhir or move the womoii mul ehlhlrett out or the town
mul that he intended lo IioIhI the Klar. and Slripwi ovtjr tho Itaht
Inn... whleli wan then Inented on the brow of tho hlnff. Hie i t.0n
fisilerolea refuied the demand lo surrender and Hint nlKbt while tho
Yankee slept. Ihev moved two old twelvu-potnid cnnnoiia from tilt!
bluff t the wler front nl the plaee
wa opeliisil.
I. it
look after piil-lt - proprrii
. . 'L...b. Uulu.m.l'.kh
II prill I'l-ll ' irp.ro iirimi
k.- ear. of thr tldirri t"U ie;
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l ioitrHl.ln I'd I of thr ill. in til- camp num. v
11 ns had .onrentrat. d at C..r. hnati. Near oor o.n.i nere extriiMv- pl.ms h.-H
for .li'lll Mi'l iroiesiwini i.iir.i'-.iT. - n.-. .
M..I fish in tlo liioii.l .'oil r. pieniltlii ttlll tiirr.-
rrlllrsr t ll III s ' Ir
h oriiHUiri i r'u
V .IS ! "
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I O' L'st 1 rrt s Mil
r. ! -si''. t.-it of
i-i -I .ip.Miv. rs wlif-l' rre put to prompt n
. Hi. rtv of ainith. mnit. UMiir on the wild prain.-s
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is 1 :l .. llieMer. ir.elidlllll UP"U thflf Wll .rrort '
... . . i. ..i IfMiinatie .'oniliaiiv
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. . ii ..Ivm in fuiuia ulli i' nt "!
i ' .i s i i i i v wr tu.atii. '-
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.... Moo f eoiee WW Cn . - r.hetMli I'ortrr ..rot.t-d
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i. .t. ..m. in Klonda. TlMfii all went
nun I fcM '
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of I H .rs u lot
Ho I I.MItM
filli.ss. Mid
nd to Wv Orleans for eoatiimea and eooelinlr.l to
VuUrl l.ti-t "I lr PernaiMlrl I WHf Hfld'HH
that
New Orlcana and wriird
uirh th'- ut r us tra
well and life thr
above muiitiouell mid nest
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Thi-M old eatuiona w. r mh! from here to (ho Ifiil nt Ul cloor ol III war uy uic reuerai "rww. f
William Miaw. uovt d..'aa.d. tta living with Ilia fiimlly in the blithliilK opiuwilo (liiK'-liliPiiri k Lohil a atotx'
Tie ahell. a a-dol I welt.- poMii'lrr pawe.l diwtly thl'oiigh Ilm rfeim where the family wn HtiiiK and fttciKin a put
. whtfh wa. Itinif iindrr the table krtuekwl him into n nbopele ittHM of flcajl- .
A iio bravi- defender or the y were JiiiIkc .1. C. llUMall. A flrt llul(tnntiti Pat McVoimwht heemd
i irt. Thunma s T.i.u. third l.eiitei.it . V. Merwr OnorK StophonMin Htl Homey ami I' rank Htephenn
I'tiiulea all thai nt) informant itould wald. ..
Cih.o the rl- of the war Oo-pua f1ira took on Uew Uf. A ateatmiliip lino war aprnoil between thin port and
v. w (Tirana and (rpua trrnr mi. ambition to prophw tho tiny wlmn sho would ltinUe all the K'a rnr went n
1-ar.Hto aiid Northern Mmh and vwi Norlbw! orh Moxico via Sun Antonio mul Hatf Vh
In IHWi KiillmiaM (1mpmii oth-owl a alorc nit of whow t'ds onm from N'ow ork and neeotdinK to Ihcir ad Hi
Th ('wow hrwti AdtertWr" they eerried evm ylhitig from a e.He to a pitchfork.
(Hhr men-tiMitfi of ttm tim wr Col. GtM-wtt who owned a line of boat nud ti brink Mows. Ilctulin & Mooro
Woendiier St t'ohill.
In mt the PrtlylrUn CtrownV wa loiill whih lo oot'
"hiV!l!nrii!rk!. ia meution4l that the l?piwoiwHmiK who were Mill wondifppliiR in l)n Cotirt lloUs-e
i i ..i ... . .Maa i iIuh. Us.l-uu uw.t Itt rvia or 1!V. Mr. 1)0 PI. ill
the "AiU-orUwnt" wrw a apaeiona bu!ldln and tW of
Melhoillhta found their
Panoramic View of a Portion of Corpus Christi The Most Beautiful Resort of America
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Stayton, John W. Corpus Christi Caller and Daily Herald (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. SEVENTEEN, No. 2, Ed. 1, Monday, December 7, 1914, newspaper, December 7, 1914; Corpus Christi, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth153256/m1/7/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .