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Corpus Christi History
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Windows of the Past
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The past 150 years of Corpus Christi history are written in the lives of the people who came because of the possibilities they saw here. It begins in the 19th century with Henry Kinney’s dreams for the “Naples of the Gulf” and the possibilities envisioned by Europeans drawn here by the chance to own land.
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Furniture was very different in isolated one room schoolhouses than in modern elementary schools. Students sat on benches instead of having individual desks. The teacher did not have a desk either. He or she might be lucky enough to have a stool and a table, or perhaps only a lectern. With only one room and one teacher, students of all ages shared the same lessons.
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South Texas Ranching
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Biographies
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Businessmen and entrepreneurs saw the importance of ranching as a source of income and began purchasing land. Among these new arrivals were Captain Richard King and Mifflin Kenedy. The Anglo Americans adopted the ranching heritage and techniques of the Mexicans, but used their business background to transform ranching, more a rural way of life, into a profitable enterprise.
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Henry Kinney was a self-promoting land speculator and trader who is credited with founding the town of Corpus Christi. His land speculation and business methods were often controversial. Kinney arrived in the Brownsville area in 1838, after a failed business venture in Illinois. He began to use the title of "Colonel" based on his alleged service during the Black Hawk Indian War.
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TEKS
TEKS Biographies-Thomas Alva Edison, Hector P. Garcia, Joseph Glidden
SS 1B, 2A-C, 11A, 16A-B-C, 17B (Grade 1), 2B, 4C, 8B, 13C, 16A, 17B (Grade 2), 1A, 3A-B, 10D, 16A (Grade 3),4B, 5A, 21A (Grade 4), 1A, 4B, 24B, 25A (Grade 5),4C, 6A, 20A, (Grade 6), 5A-B, 6A, 7A-C, 11A, 12B, 19C, 20C, 21A (Grade7), 6D,12A, 24E, 30A (Grade 8) |
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