Corpus Christi, Texas
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Corpus Christi, Texas |
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Corpus Christi International is located on 2415 acres of land and lies approximately 8 miles from downtown Corpus Christi. Runway 17-35 is 6080' by 150' and Runway 13-31 is 7508' by 150 |
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The Naval Air Station is situated on Corpus Christi Bay, in the Coastal Bend area of Texas, one of the most productive bird habitats in North America. This installation consists of four main land areas totaling 4700 acres: the main Air Station and support facilities; two outlying landing fields, Cabaniss and Waldron; and Peary Place Transmitter Site. |
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Del Mar College, a comprehensive community college in Corpus Christi, Texas. Each year, over 24,000 students enroll in one of our 150 different credit and noncredit programs. As the region's leader in higher education, we've helped more than a half million individuals transform their dreams into realities over the past 65 years. |
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The beaches and dunes of Padre Island National Seashore stretch for about 130 km (about 80 mi) along the Gulf of Mexico coast. This beautiful seaside area attracts thousands of visitors every year. Padre Island is actually a long sandbar that hugs the southeastern coast of Texas. |
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The USS Lexington, an aircraft famed for its participation in World War II (1939-1945) and now a naval museum; and the Corpus Christi Seawall, designed by Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. |
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If you do made it to visit our beautiful city with the kids or if you like riding the Carousels you need to stop by Padre Staples Mall that is just off South Padre Island Drive to ride this Carousel. As you can see it is a beautiful thing all in it self. Then just shop till you drop. |
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The city is a major shipping point and an important center of petroleum and natural-gas processing, the hub of a region with thousands of producing wells. Other manufactures include primary and fabricated metals, electronic equipment, and processed agricultural goods. Aircraft repair and maintenance and commercial fishing are also important industries. |
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Early inhabitants of the Southwest Region relied heavily on hunting. As livestock died out, groups emigrated north from Mexico, bringing farming techniques to the region. Towns and communities developed around the agricultural production, building terraced stone or adobe apartments around central plazas. Eventually, these towns would lose their autonomy, to be dominated by Spain, then Mexico, then the United States. |
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General Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor became the 12th president of the United States when he was inaugurated in 1849. Taylor gained national fame for his leadership as an army general during the Mexican War in 1847. At the Battle of Buena Vista, Taylor's 5000-soldier force won a decisive victory after it was attacked by about 20,000 Mexican troops. |
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Corpus Christi was incorporated as a city in 1852, and grew as a farming and ranching center. Beginning in 1862, during the American Civil War, the port was blockaded by Union gunboats, and it fell to Union troops in November 1863. The construction of a deepwater channel to the Gulf of Mexico in 1926 opened the port to oceangoing vessels and spurred the growth of industry. The city is named for Corpus Christi Bay, which, tradition holds, was sighted and named by Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Piņeda on the feast day of Corpus Christi in 1519. |
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Corpus Christi covers a land area of 348.9 sq km (134.7 sq mi), with a mean elevation of 11 m (35 ft). According to the 1990 census, whites are 76.3 percent of the population, blacks 4.8 percent, Asians and Pacific Islanders 0.9 percent, and Native Americans 0.4 percent. The remainder are of mixed heritage or did not report ethnicity. Hispanics, who may be of any race, are 50.0 percent of the people.
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