After a very challenging few weeks, taking a short getaway trip down to Corpus was much needed. I can't even describe to you just how peaceful and refreshing it was. Just spending a few hours going from one spot to the next down the shoreline, on the pier, and out on the jetty. It is a much-recommended place to get some fresh air, if you like water of course. Just stand there on the shoreline, stick your toes in the water, sit on the rocks or stand in the water, and just take it all in. You won't regret it. The pictures don't even do it justice, but here are some of the ones that I got in the time I spent there. I will definitely be going back, and hopefully soon.
Brief history about Corpus Christi:
Corpus Christi began as a frontier trading post, founded in 1838-39 by Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney, an adventurer, impresario, and colonizer. The small settlement was called Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch. It remained an obscure settlement until July 1845, when U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor set up camp here in preparation for war with Mexico. The Army remained until March 1846, when it marched southward to the Rio Grande to enforce it as the southern border of the United States. About a year later, the city took the name Corpus Christi because a "more definite postmark for letters was needed." It incorporated on February 16, 1852. Residents elected a city council and a mayor, Benjamin F. Neal, who served from 1852 to 1855. Corpus Christi Water alone oversees more than 1,600 miles of water transmission/distribution mains and has a combined storage capacity of more than 16 million gallons. Corpus Christi Water operates six treatment plants with a combined treatment capacity of 42.7 million gallons per day. Corpus also has the well-known two-story Whataburger and the Selena memorial.
Source: History of Corpus Christi | City of Corpus Christi (cctexas.com)
Add comment
Comments