Corpus Christi, Texas
The city's name means body of Christ in Ecclesiastical Latin, in reference to the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.A few years later, José de Escandón organized a colony of about 50 families to settle the head of the bay, though this was short-lived.It was a small trading post that sold supplies to a Mexican revolutionary army camped about 25 mi (40 km) west.[8] In July 1845, U.S. troops commanded by General Zachary Taylor set up camp there in preparation for war with Mexico, where they remained until March 1846.Union forces defeated Confederate States Navy ships operating in the area, but were repulsed when they landed on the coast.Rough surf from Hurricane Laura caused one death and one injury at a beach in the city in late August 2020, just a month after Hanna.[14] Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District (1970) was the first case to extend the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision (1954) to Mexican Americans.Judge Woodrow Seals found that the school board consciously fostered a system that perpetuated traditional segregation.[15] In 2012, Corpus Christi was ranked as the second-least literate city in the U.S. in a study by Central Connecticut State University.Although no solidified rock occurs naturally at the surface,[17] the Deweyville Formation of sand, silt, clay, and gravel, is locally indurated with calcium carbonate (caliche) deposits.In 2017, Hurricane Harvey's storm surge eroded down to shale bedrock at a depth around 40 feet in Packery Channel, an artificial pass cut between North Padre and Mustang Islands.[18][19] According to the United States Census Bureau, Corpus Christi has a total area of 460.2 square miles (1,192.0 km2), of which 154.6 mi2 (400.5 km2, 33.60%) are land and 305.6 mi2 (791.5 km2, 66.40%) are covered by water.The period from November through February is the coolest time of year in the city, while June through September is the hottest.[nb 1] Winter and early spring are generally dry, and average monthly precipitation is highest in September, when the threat from hurricanes and other tropical weather systems is greatest.Other large employers include Christus Spohn Health System at 5,400 local employees, the Corpus Christi Independent School District with 5,178, H-E-B at 5,000, and Bay Ltd. at 2,100.[36] Other companies based in Corpus Christi include Stripes Convenience Stores and AEP Texas.[40] Various sections of Corpus Christi maintain distinct senses of identity and community from the city proper, especially the Calallen and Flour Bluff areas.The downtown area, of which the museum district is a part, is home to skyscrapers such as One Shoreline Plaza, company offices, various shops, a popular center of marinas, and Mirador de la Flor.On Oso Bay near the Pharaoh Valley subdivision, the Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge is known for seabird-watching.Year-round NCAA Division I collegiate athletics may be found at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi as the Islanders compete in 14 men's and women's sports as a member of the Southland Conference.The city's location beside Corpus Christi Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, and Laguna Madre provides opportunities for water sports and nature tourism.The brushland inland from Corpus Christi is also ideal for hunting feral hogs and white-tailed deer.The 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) concrete park includes a skating bowl and a street course with stairs, railings, and flat surfaces.Popular spots include Blucher Park in downtown, the Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge along Oso Bay, Hazel Bazemore County Park along the Nueces River in Calallen, and the South Texas Botanic Garden and Nature Center along the Oso Creek.The main campus began with the administration building, which was constructed after World War II on Del Mar.The college grew to encompass a good portion of a residential addition called Southmoreland built from the Bohemian farmlands in the late 1930s.Del Mar now includes a west campus located in the area of Corpus Christi that once was Cliff Maus Airport.Del Mar College is expanding their footprint with the unveiling of their new Southside Campus near Oso Creek.In 2015, WalletHub ranked Corpus Christi near the bottom, 138 out of 150 cities in America, for its low educational level and low-income opportunities.Corpus Christi had a streetcar system functioning from 1910 to 1931 and a railway station (passenger service ended in 1965).
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