The Old Indian Trading Grounds become part of Mexico.
1828
Known as the Old Indian Trading Grounds.
Manuel de Mier y Terán toured through Mexico's province of Texas. Terán noted that some officials favored Corpus Christi as a port, referring to the area on the bay since there was no settlement called Corpus Christi at the time.[2]
1829 - Traders are known to have landed on the coast on the Corpus Christi Bay. No civilization is apparent to traders.[2]
August 1: Rotary Club of Corpus Christi chartered, the 125th club of Rotary International. Rotary was instrumental in the early development of Corpus Christi, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Port.
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Dan Kilgore, Nueces County, Texas, 1750–1800: A Bicentennial Memoir (Corpus Christi: Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum, 1975)
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Bruce A. Glasrud; et al. (2012). African Americans in Corpus Christi. Images of America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-8528-4.
Alan Lessoff (2015). Where Texas Meets the Sea: Corpus Christi and Its History. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-77192-5.
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