| Author: | Cecilia Gutierrez Venable | ISBN: | 9781618586186 |
| Publisher: | Turner Publishing Company | Publication: | March 21, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Turner | Language: | English |
| Author: | Cecilia Gutierrez Venable |
| ISBN: | 9781618586186 |
| Publisher: | Turner Publishing Company |
| Publication: | March 21, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Turner |
| Language: | English |
Corpus Christi, Texas, is one of the most pristine coastal cities on the Gulf of Mexico. Once a simple nineteenth-century trading post at the mouth of the Nueces River, this port city has survived war and hurricanes on its road to becoming an important meat-processing, petroleum, and commercial center. Historic Photos of Corpus Christi captures the richness of this unique coastal city in nearly 200 black-and-white archival photographs. Author Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, a Corpus Christiarea historian, transports the reader through the past of the Sparkling City by the Sea” in a journey that will not soon be forgotten.
Corpus Christi, Texas, is one of the most pristine coastal cities on the Gulf of Mexico. Once a simple nineteenth-century trading post at the mouth of the Nueces River, this port city has survived war and hurricanes on its road to becoming an important meat-processing, petroleum, and commercial center. Historic Photos of Corpus Christi captures the richness of this unique coastal city in nearly 200 black-and-white archival photographs. Author Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, a Corpus Christiarea historian, transports the reader through the past of the Sparkling City by the Sea” in a journey that will not soon be forgotten.
