The Story of Corpus Christi

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This book describes the history of Corpus Christi through sketches of persons and events in the history of the city. According to the preface, it does focuses less on the history than on the people, "presenting in plain narrative form, a recountal of the days when Corpus Christi was young, of the trials and tribulations that fell to the lot of her residents in the war periods, and finally to emerge as a fast growing a progressive city of the Southland" (p. v).

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x, 146 p.

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Sutherland, Mary A. & Harrison, Frank B. 1916.

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Description

This book describes the history of Corpus Christi through sketches of persons and events in the history of the city. According to the preface, it does focuses less on the history than on the people, "presenting in plain narrative form, a recountal of the days when Corpus Christi was young, of the trials and tribulations that fell to the lot of her residents in the war periods, and finally to emerge as a fast growing a progressive city of the Southland" (p. v).

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x, 146 p.

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  • 1916

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  • 1824~ - 1912~

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  • Nov. 24, 2009, 1:50 p.m.

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Sutherland, Mary A. & Harrison, Frank B. The Story of Corpus Christi, book, 1916; Corpus Christi, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61115/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

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