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Corpus Christi is a coastal in 1839 by Colonel Henry city in the South Texas region Lawrence Kinney as Kinney’s of the U.S. state of Texas. The Trading Post, or Kinney’s county seat of Nueces County Ranch. It was a small trading it also extends into Aransas, post that sold supplies to a Kleberg, and San Patricio Mexican revolutionary army counties. The metropolitan camped about 25 miles (40 area US Census estimated km) west. In July 1845, population in 2013, was U.S. troops commanded by 442,600. The population General Zachary Taylor set was 316,381 at the 2013 US up camp there in preparation Census estimate, making it for war with Mexico, where the eighth most populous city they remained until March in the state of Texas. It is the 1846. Approximately one principal city of the tri-county year later, the settlement was Corpus Christi metropolitan named Corpus Christi and was area, as well as the larger incorporated on 9 September six county Corpus Christi1852. Kingsville-Alice Combined The Battle of Corpus Christi Statistical Area, with a 2013 was fought between August Census estimate at 516,793. 12 and August 18 1862, The translation from Latin during the American Civil of the city’s name (Corpus War. United States Navy Christi) means Body of Christ. forces blockading Texas The name was given to the fought a small land and sea settlement and surrounding engagement with Confederate bay by Spanish explorer forces in and around Corpus Alonso Álvarez de Pineda Christi Bay and bombarded in 1519, when he discovered the city. Union forces defeated the lush semi-tropical bay on Confederate States Navy ships the feast day celebrating the operating in the area but were “Body of Christ.” The city repulsed when they landed on has the nicknames “Texas the coast. Riviera” and “Sparkling City The Port of Corpus Christi by the Sea”, particularly in was opened in 1926 and the literature promoting tourism. Corpus Christi Naval Air The city is home to the Port Station was commissioned in of Corpus Christi, the fifth 1941. largest in the United States, The city suffered damage and is served by the Corpus Christi International Airport. from Hurricane Celia in 1970 and Hurricane Allen in 1980. Corpus Christi was founded World Views Guides
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Geography 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 square miles (400.5 km2, 33.60%) is land and 305.6 square miles (791.5 km2, 66.40%) is water. Drinking water for the city is supplied by two reservoirs, Lake Corpus Christi and the Choke Canyon Reservoir. Through an effective regional partnership with the Nueces River Authority and the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, a 101-mile (163 km) pipeline was built which transports water from Lake Texana to the city’s O.N. Steven’s Water Treatment Plant. It was named the Mary Rhodes Pipeline, after the late Mayor Mary Rhodes. All reservoirs are outside the city limits, but are managed directly by the public utility of the City of Corpus Christi. Neighborhoods • Bayside • Flour Bluff • South Side • Calallen • Clarkwood • Annaville • North Beach • Mustang Island • North Padre Island • Gardendale
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Portland Robstown Climate
The city has a humid subtropical climate. The climate is a stark contrast to nearby Laredo, which has an arid climate. Corpus Christi has long, hot summers and very short, mild winters. The city’s record high temperature is 109 °F (43 °C), on September 5, 2000. Average nighttime winter lows in January, the coldest month, are a little less than 50 °F (10 °C) and its record low is 11 °F (−12 °C). In December 2004, the city experienced snowfall on Christmas Eve, the city’s largest recorded snowstorm at 4.4 inches (11 cm). The snow stayed until Christmas Day and melted the day after.
Demographics Historical population Census Pop. %± 1860 175 — 1870 2,140 1,122.9% 1880 3,257 52.2% 1890 4,387 34.7% 1900 4,703 7.2% 1910 8,222 74.8% 1920 10,522 28.0% 1930 27,741 163.6% 1940 57,301 106.6% 1950 108,287 89.0% 1960 167,690 54.9% 1970 204,525 22.0% 1980 231,999 13.4% 1990 257,453 11.0% 2000 277,454 7.8% 2010 305,215 10.0% Est. 2013 316,381 3.7%
families residing in the city. The population density was 1,794.2 people per square mile (692.7/km2). There were 107,831 housing units at an average density of 697.3 per square mile (269.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 71.62% White, 4.67% African American, 0.64% Native American, 1.28% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 18.58% from other races, and 3.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 54.33% of the population.
There were 98,791 households out of which 36.1% had 2010 Census data children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% At the 2010 Census, there were married couples living were 305,215 people residing together, 15.4% had a female in Corpus Christi, a 10.0% householder with no husband increase since 2000. present, and 28.7% were According to the 2010 non-families. 23.2% of all Census, 80.9% of Corpus households were made up Christi’s population was of individuals and 7.9% had Corpus Christi is annually White; 4.3% was Black; 1.8% someone living alone who very windy, with wind gusts Asian; 0.1% Pacific Islander; was 65 years of age or older. often reaching more than 40 10.4% of some other race; and The average household size miles (64 km) per hour. 2.5% of two or more races. was 2.75 and the average In December, it is not unusual 59.7% of Corpus Christi’s family size was 3.27. to see temperatures between population was of Hispanic 70 °F (21 °C) and 80 °F (27 or Latino origin, of any race. In the city the population was 28.1% under the age of 18, °C), and with the occasional 33.3% of the population was 10.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% temperature greater than 85 °F non-Hispanic White. from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 (29 °C). to 64, and 11.1% who were 2000 Census data 65 years of age or older. The At the census of 2000, there median age was 33 years. For were 277,454 people, 98,791 every 100 females there were households, and 70,437 95.6 males. For every 100 World Views Guides | August 2014
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females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a family was $41,672. Males had a median income of $31,863 versus $22,616 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,419. About 14.1% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.9% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.
installations provide 6,200 civilian jobs to the local economy, making them the single largest employer in the city. Corpus Christi Army Depot, located on NAS Corpus Christi, is the largest helicopter repair facility in the world. A third military installation, also located on NAS Corpus Christi, is the United States Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi.
stopped being a free service on May 31, 2007. Culture Various sections of Corpus Christi maintain distinct senses of identity and community from the city proper, especially the Calallen and Flour Bluff areas. Clarkwood and Annaville have a less prominent sense of identity, but the distinction remains. These areas are sometimes mistakenly believed to be separate municipalities.
Corpus Christi is the original home of the headquarters Economy of Whataburger, a fast food The majority of the population restaurant operator and is employed in the Services, The city has many franchiser with 650 stores Wholesale and Retail Trades demographic groups, in ten states and Mexico; and Government sectors. ethnicities, and sub-cultures, however, the company Corpus Christi has an each giving it a distinct flavor: relocated its headquarters unemployment rate of 7.0% as the defense bases and the to San Antonio in 2009. of July 2012. people who work there; the Other large employers large Hispanic community; The Port of Corpus Christi, include CHRISTUS Spohn the oil related professionals which is the fifth largest U.S. Health System at 5,400 and workers; the cowboy port and deepest inshore local employees, the Corpus culture; and the surfers. port on the Gulf of Mexico, Christi Independent School handles mostly oil and District with 5,178, H-E-B at Attractions agricultural products. Much 5,000, and Bay Ltd. at 2,100. of the local economy is driven The city is home to a number Other companies based in by tourism and the oil & of popular destinations for Corpus Christi include Stripes petrochemicals industry. In both tourists and residents. Convenience Stores and AEP 2005, the Port was ranked as The official visitor and Texas. the 47th largest in the world tourism information Corpus Christi became the by cargo tonnage. organization is the Corpus first major city to offer city Christi Convention and Corpus Christi is home to two wide free wi-fi in order to Visitors Bureau. Some of installations of the United allow remote meter reading the most visited attractions States military: the Corpus after a meter reader was are located on North Beach, Christi Army Depot, and attacked by a dog. In 2007, where the Texas State Naval Air Station Corpus the network was purchased by Aquarium and the USS Christi. Combined, these Earthlink for $5.5 million, and Lexington Museum on the World Views Guides | August 2014
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which explores the history of ranches, upon which the surfing and focuses on surf movie Giant was based. The USS Lexington was also culture along Texas’ 367part of the set for the 2000 The city also celebrate the mile (591 km) coast, as well film Pearl Harbor. Corpus annual Buccaneer Days as K Space Contemporary, Christi’s museum district Carnival, which is typically a non-profit art organization is located near the USS held downtown. promoting and presenting Lexington. Some attractions S. Padre Island Drive (locally local, regional and national located in the museum abbreviated as “S.P.I.D.”, contemporary art. The Corpus district are the Museum of with the letters pronounced Christi Botanical Gardens and Asian Cultures, the Corpus individually), is the city’s Nature Center, also located Christi Museum of Science main retail corridor, with two in the city, hosts gardening and History, the South Texas shopping malls, La Palmera programs from time to time. Institute for the Arts, and the (formerly Padre Staples On Oso Bay near the Pharaoh Harbor Playhouse Theatre, Mall), and Sunrise Mall. one of the oldest continually Valley subdivision is the Hans Also, a number of other large operating community theatres and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge. shopping centers, small strip in Texas. Heritage Park is also The Refuge is known for sea centers, and restaurants can be bird watching. The nearby in the museum district, where found throughout the city. Pharaohs golf course also a number of older restored serves as a haven for coastal Corpus Christi also is the houses can be found. The and migratory birds. home of Midget Ocean downtown area, of which the Directly east of Corpus Christi Racing Fleet, also known as museum district is a part, is are Padre Island and Mustang M.O.R.F., which promotes home to skyscrapers such Island, home to various sailing in the coastal Bend. as One Shoreline Plaza, municipal, state, and national The Wednesday night races company offices, various parks, most notably the Padre held by M.O.R.F. are the shops, a very popular center of marinas, and Mirador de la Island National Seashore. The longest-running weekly races in the United States. Flor. Downtown also is home city is also near King Ranch, one of the world’s largest of the Texas Surf Museum, Films made in Corpus Christi Year 1979 1985 1985 1991 1997 2001 2009
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and the Corpus Christi Fury of the Intense Football League. The city is home to the Sailing races are held weekly Corpus Christi IceRays of the North American Hockey off downtown’s T-heads every League and the Corpus Christi Wednesday, where spectators watch vessels competing Hooks of the Texas League, World Views Guides
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during sunset. Corpus Christi is also home to the Corpus Christi Rugby Football Club, which is a member of the Texas Rugby Union, an affiliate of the Western Rugby
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and corporate municipal entity in 1909. By ordinance, the city possesses power to “fix, alter and extend its boundaries.”
The city’s location beside Corpus Christi Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, and Laguna Madre provides opportunities for water sports and nature Corpus Christi, Texas is Other tourism. Waterfowl hunting under a Council-Manager is available in the region municipal government. The • Skating for duck, geese, coot, and elected City Council is the The Corpus Christi Skate park teal. White-winged dove primary authority in municipal opened on February 17, 2007. and mourning dove are also matters such as enacting It is located in Cole Park on hunted on private leases. local legislation, determining the shoreline of the Corpus The brushland inland from policies, and appointing the Christi Bay near downtown. Corpus Christi is also ideal for City Manager. Together, The 12,000-square-foot (1,100 hunting feral hogs and whitethe City Council and City m2) concrete park includes tailed deer. Manager execute laws and a skating bowl, and a street administer the municipal course with stairs, railings and government. Organized by Fishing flat surfaces. governmental sectors of City Fishing is a popular • Birdwatching Council, City Management, recreational activity in Corpus City Secretary, and several Being a coastal city, Corpus Christi. Popular fishing City Departments, Corpus activities include fishing from Christi is a good spot for sea Christi is seated in Nueces bird watching. One popular various piers around Corpus County. The City Council spot is the Hans and Pat Suter Christi Bay, wade fishing in currently consists of the Wildlife Refuge along Oso Oso Bay, and fishing from the following elected members: Bay. Gulf of Mexico at Packery • Mayor Nelda Martinez Channel or at Bob Hall Pier. Government • David Loeb At Large • Mark Scott At Large Wind sports Municipal government • Lillian Riojas At Large The city has one of the • Kelley Allen District 1 In 1852, the City of Corpus highest average wind speeds • Chad Magill District 2 Christi was incorporated. of coastal cities in North • Priscilla Leal District 3 Texas’ 31st Legislature America. Combined with the • Colleen McIntyre Bay Front area along Ocean chartered the city as a political World Views Guides | August 2014
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City Departments include: The Corpus Christi City Aviation, City Attorney, Manager Ronald L. Olson Community Development, was appointed in March Development Services, 2011, and works alongside Economic Development, Assistant City Managers Engineering, Financial Margie C. Rose (General Services, Fire, Gas, Government), Oscar Martinez Health, Human Relations, (Public Works & Utilities), Human Resources, Susan K. Thorpe (Safety, Intergovernmental Relations, Health, and Neighborhoods), Libraries, Management & and Wesley S. Pierson Budget, Marina, Municipal (Business Support Services). Information Systems, The City’s Intergovernmental Municipal Court, Museum, Relations department is Neighborhood Services, Parks under the direction of Tom & Recreation, Police, Public Tagliabue. Appointed by the Information, Solid Waste City Council, Armando Chapa Services, Storm Water, Street serves as the City Secretary. Operations, Wastewater, and Water. The Corpus Christi City Charter was adopted by State and federal public referendum in 1987, representation with amendments to the entire charter conducted The Texas Thirteenth Court January 19, 1991, and April of Appeals is located in the 3, 1993. Further revisions Nueces County Courthouse in to the City Charter was Corpus Christi. conducted on November The Texas Department of 2, 2004 and November 7, Criminal Justice (TDCJ) 2006. The Charter consists operates the Corpus Christi of ten Articles and fortyParole Office in Corpus one Sections regarding Christi. stipulations of Home Rule The United States Postal Government, City Council and City Manager procedures, Service operates the Corpus Christi Post Office, the city’s Administration, Planning, Boards and Commissions, etc. main post office, and several station post offices. The Code of Ordinances of Corpus Christi was codified through Ordinance No.
Education Colleges and universities Corpus Christi is home to several institutions of higher learning: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Del Mar College, and numerous vocational schools including Southern Careers Institute, South Texas Vo-Tech, Career Centers of Texas-Corpus Christi, and Vogue Cosmetology School. Corpus Christi is also home to the South Texas School of Christian Studies located on Ward Island alongside Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The school serves as an extension campus on the undergraduate level for Hardin Simmons University and on the graduate level for Logsdon Seminary of Hardin-Simmons University. Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi (TAMUCC or TAMU-CC in short) is a component of the Texas A&M University System. It was formerly known by the following four names: Corpus Christi State University (CCSU), Texas A&I University at Corpus Christi, and University of Corpus Christi. Del Mar College is a local community college begun in the 1940s at a location behind Wynn Seale Jr. H. S. World Views Guides | August 2014
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The main campus began with School, GCCLR Institute • R. Haas Middle School the administration building of Technology, Premier HS • Harold Kaffie Middle which was constructed after of Corpus Christi, Richard School World War II on Del Mar. The Milburn Academy, School • Martin Middle School college grew to encompass a of Science and Technology, • South Park Middle good portion of a residential Seashore Learning Center, and School addition called Southmoreland Seashore Middle Academy. • Wynn Seale Academy built from the Bohemian farm of Fine Arts Magnet Middle lands in the late 1930s. Del School Corpus Christi Independent Mar now includes a West School District Elementary Schools campus located in area of High Schools • Allen Elementary Corpus Christi that once was School • Mary Carroll High Cliff Maus Airport. • Barnes Elementary School Southern Careers Institute School • Richard King High offers career training at two • Berlanga Elementary School Corpus Christi locations, School • Roy Miller High School primarily in the medical, • Calk Elementary School • Foy H. Moody High business, and cosmetic fields. • Club Estates School Health Science Elementary School Academy Schools • Crockett Elementary • W. B. Ray High School School Six school districts provide • Colligiate High School • Dawson Elementary primary and secondary • Solomon Coles High School education for area residents: School • Early Childhood Corpus Christi Independent • Branch Academy Development Center School District (CCISD), for Career and Technical • Evans Elementary Calallen ISD, Flour Bluff Education School ISD, Tuloso-Midway ISD, Middle Schools • Fannin Elementary West Oso ISD and London • Marvin P. Baker Middle School ISD. The Roman Catholic School • Galvan Elementary Diocese of Corpus Christi • Tom Browne Middle School provides the primary and School • Garcia Elementary secondary education for • Cullen Place Middle School Catholic schools. Several School • Gibson Elementary Open Enrollment Charter • Claude Cunningham School Schools in Corpus Christi. Middle School • Hicks Elementary These public schools are: • Robert Driscoll Middle School Accelerated Learning Center, School • Houston Elementary Cesar E Chavez Academy, • Elliott Grant Middle School Corpus Christi College School • Jones Elementary Preparatory HS, Corpus • Carl O. Hamlin Middle School Christi Montessori School, Dr School • Kolda Elementary ML Garza-Gonzalez Charter World Views Guides
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School • Kostoryz Elementary School • Los Encinos SES Elementary School • Meadowbrook Elementary School • Menger Elementary School • Metropolitan Elementary School of Design • Mireles Elementary School • Montclair Elementary School • Moore Elementary School • Oak Park Elementary School • Sanders Elementary School • Schanen Estates Elementary School • Shaw Elementary School • Smith Elementary School • Travis Elementary School • Webb Elementary School • Wilson Elementary School • Windsor Park Elementary School • Woodlawn Elementary School • Yeager Elementary School • Zavala Elementary School Alternative World Views Guides
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Calallen Independent School District • Flour Bluff High School Grades 9 - 12 • Calallen High School • Flour Bluff Jr. High • Calallen Middle School School Grades 7 & 8 • Magee Intermediate • Flour Bluff Intermediate School (Grades PreK and 4-5) School Grades 5 & 6 • East Primary School • Flour Bluff Elementary (Grades Kindergarten-3) School Grades 3 & 4 • Wood River • Flour Bluff Primary Primary School (Grades School Grades 1 & 2 Kindergarten-3) • Early Childhood Center Pre-Kindergarten & London Independent School Kindergarten District • Head Start Ages 1–4 • London High School • London Middle School West Oso Independent • London Elementary School District School • West Oso High School Grades 9 - 12 Private/Charter/Other • West Oso Junior High • Incarnate Word School Grades 6 - 8 Academy High School • West Oso Elementary • Incarnate Word Grades 2 - 5 Academy Middle School • West Oso John F. • Incarnate Word Kennedy Elementary Grades Academy Primary pre-k - 1st Grade • John Paul II High School Tuloso-Midway Independent • Bishop Garriga Middle School District Preparatory School • Tuloso-Midway High • Seashore Middle School Academy (North Padre Island) • Tuloso-Midway Middle • Seashore Primary School Learning Center (North Padre • Tuloso-Midway Island) Intermediate School • School of Science &
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Technology • Richard Milburn Academy Charter High School • Yorktown Christian Academy
TexShare card holders also have limited borrowing privileges at the following area libraries:
a main thoroughfare that connects Corpus Christi to Laredo and the western part of South Texas by way of Interstate 69W/U.S. Highway 59, Interstate 35, and U.S. Highway 83. The inner city public transportation is provided by Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority with its 28 bus routes. Corpus Christi once had a streetcar system functioning from 1910 to 1931 and a railway station (passenger service ended in 1965). In the early 2000s, there were plans to reintroduce a trolley system back to downtown Corpus Christi, but any plans have since gone dead. Despite the convenience of a large harbor, the city does not have a passenger port. Plans to bring a cruise service are pending.
• Nueces County Public Library in Robstown, Texas • Mary and Jeff Bell Library at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi • Del Mar College Libraries
The city is accessed by two major bridges; the Harbor Bridge (US 181) and the John F. Kennedy Causeway (PR 22). Both bridges are maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Libraries Libraries in the city include: Garcia, 5930 Brockhampton • Ben F. McDonald, 4044 Greenwood • Janet F. Harte, 2629 Waldron • La Retama, 805 Comanche • Owen R.Hopkins, 3202 McKinzie • Neyland, 1230 Carmel Pkwy •
Transportation Corpus Christi is served by Corpus Christi International Airport and Interstate 37. Interstate 69E/U.S. Highway 77 connects the city to Brownsville and Victoria. Texas State Highway 44 is
Freight service from San Antonio to Corpus Christi is provided by the Union Pacific Railroad, but the original line, both freight and passenger, was the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, which operated to Corpus Christi from 1913 to 1956. Then the
SAU&G, or “The Sausage”, as it was commonly called, was merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It was subsequently procured by the Union Pacific. Notable people Amy Acuff, 5-time Olympic high jumper • Mike Adams, MLB pitcher for Philadelphia Phillies • Barbara Barrie, actress • Raymond Berry, NFL Hall of Famer • Justin Brantly, NFL punter • John A. Brieden, American Legion commander • Tammie Brown, drag queen and musician • Johnny Canales, TV host • Dabney Coleman, actor • Roger Creager, country music singer-songwriter • Dr. Roberto Cruz, founder of the National Hispanic University • Paula DeAnda, musician • Tom DeLay, U.S. Congressman and House Majority Leader • Carlos DeLuna, executed for murder, controversial conviction causing concerns about wrongful executions • Helen Donath, opera singer •
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• Chet Edwards, U.S. • Chris Layton, drummer • Billy Powell, Representative from Texas’s for Stevie Ray Vaughan and keyboardist 17th district Double Trouble • A.B. Quintanilla, singer, • Farrah Fawcett, actress • Brian Leetch, NHL songwriter with Kumbia All and artist defenseman, born in Corpus Starz, Selena’s older brother • Blake Farenthold, Christi but grew up in • Suzette Quintanilla, Current U.S. Representative Connecticut drummer for Selena y los from Texas 27th District. • Danny Lohner, Dinos, Selena’s older sister • Joe Bertram Frantz, musician • Dody Roach, historian • Eva Longoria, actress professional poker player, • David Freese, MLB • Allen Ludden, TV game 2-time World Series of Poker player for Los Angeles Angels show host bracelet winner • Stephanie Griest, author • Ramsey Luna, Mexican • Johnny Roland, NFL • Jim Heath, musician American boxer player and coach known The Reverend Horton • Terrence McNally, • Lester Roloff, radio Heat playwright evangelist • Burt Hooton, baseball • Nina Mercedez, • Leslie Sanchez, pitcher pornographic actress political pundit • Todd Ames Hunter, • Mitch Morris, actor • Selena, Grammymember of Texas House of • Joe Nixon, state winning Tejano singer and Representatives, 1989-1997 representative from Houston; songwriter and since January 2009 reared in Corpus Christi • Pepe Serna, actor • Ernestine Jackson, • Larry Norman, • Sid Sheinberg, exactress and singer musician and songwriter president of Universal • Bret Anthony Johnston, • Todd Oldham, fashion Studios, helped make Jaws author of Corpus Christi: designer • Robert Simpson, Stories • Revilo P. Oliver, meteorologist and hurricane • Jeremy Jordan, notorious 20th Century fascist specialist Broadway performer and scholar • Lori Singer, actress • Mifflin Kenedy, rancher • Solomon P. Ortiz, U.S. • Marc Singer, actor and businessman Congressman, represented • Justin Storms, artist, • Brooks Kieschnick, Corpus Christi for 28 years musician baseball player • Jessie Pavelka, actor • Raul Torres, state • Bobby Labonte, and model representative from Nueces NASCAR Sprint Cup driver • Jennifer Peña, Latin County and 2000 champion Pop and Tejano singer and • Carlos Truan, politician • Terry Labonte, actress • George Conrad NASCAR Sprint Cup driver • Cliff Pennington, MLB Westervelt, naval officer and 1984 & 1996 champion player for Oakland Athletics and engineer; co-founder of • Colleen LaRose, • Paul Peress, drummer, Boeing Corporation indicted in 2010 for trying to composer, producer • Don Williams, country recruit Islamic terrorists to • Lou Diamond Phillips, and western singer wage jihad actor World Views Guides
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Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (IATA: NGP, ICAO: KNGP), also known as Truax Field, is a naval base located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Corpus Christi, in Nueces County, Texas, USA.
the project was on the Navy’s preferred list. Brown & Root, a Houston firm, shared the construction contract with another New Deal supporter, Henry Kaiser; the president personally signed the (first) cost plus fixed fee contract June 13, 1940. The Roosevelt History campaign in Texas no longer had a shortage of cash. A naval air station for Corpus Christi had been proposed The official step leading to the
In 1941, 800 instructors provided training for more than 300 student pilots a month. The training rate nearly doubled after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. By the end of World War II, more than 35,000 naval aviators had earned their wings here. Corpus Christi provided intermediate flight training in World War II, training naval pilots to fly SNJ, SNV, SNB,
since the mid-1930s, and the city’s congressman, Richard M. Kleberg, supported it. But it remained a low priority construction project for the U.S. Navy as late as January 9, 1940. (The Kleberg family and Roy Miller both supported Vice President John Nance Garner’s quest for the 1940 presidential nomination.) Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson made himself a key Texas ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s bid for a third term, and the White House told the Navy Department to consult Johnson, and heed his advice, on Navy contracts in Texas. By February 1940,
OS2U, PBY, and N3N type airplanes. In 1944 it was the largest naval aviation training facility in the world. The facility covered 20,000 acres (81 km2), and had 997 hangars, shops, barracks, warehouses and other buildings. The Corpus Christi training facility consisted of the main location and six auxiliary air stations at Rodd, Cabaniss, Cuddihy, Kingsville, Waldron and Chase fields.
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graduate. NAS Corpus Christi also was home to the Blue Angels from 1951-1954. It also served as a Project Mercury Tracking station in the early 1960s.
Former President George H.W. Bush was in the third graduating class, June 1943, and the youngest pilot ever to graduate. NAS Corpus Christi also was home to the Blue Angels from 1951-1954. It also served as a Project Mercury Current operations Tracking station in the early Today, the training program is 1960s. much longer, approximately 18 months, due to the increased Current operations complexity of today’s aircraft. Currently, Training Air Wing Today, the training program is FOUR produces approximately much longer, approximately 18 400 newly qualified aviators months, due to the increased each year. complexity of today’s aircraft. In 1941, 800 instructors Currently, Training Air Wing provided training for more than FOUR produces approximately 300 student pilots a month. The 400 newly qualified aviators each year. training rate nearly doubled after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. By the end of World War II, more than 35,000 naval aviators had earned their wings here. Corpus Christi provided intermediate flight training in World War II, training naval pilots to fly SNJ, SNV, SNB, OS2U, PBY, and N3N type airplanes. In 1944 it was the largest naval aviation training facility in the world. The facility covered 20,000 acres (81 km2), and had 997 hangars, shops, barracks, warehouses and other buildings. The Corpus Christi training facility consisted of the main location and six auxiliary air stations at Rodd, Cabaniss, Cuddihy, Kingsville, Waldron and Chase fields.
to policy changes, Air Force students will no longer be training at the base and the last USAF graduates should complete training in mid-2012. The station employs officer, enlisted and civilian personnel serving in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the military services of numerous NATO/ Allied/Coalition partnet nations.
In support of the base’s training mission are two nearby outlying landing fields owned by the Navy: NOLF Waldron, which is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of the Naval Air Training Air Wing FOUR Station; and NOLF Cabaniss, consists of four squadrons. VTwhich is 8.0 miles (12.9 km) 27 and VT-28 handle primary west of the Naval Air Station. training in the T-34C Mentor, a single engine turboprop NAS Corpus Christi is also aircraft. VT-31 provides home to the Corpus Christi advanced training in the twin Army Depot (CCAD), the engine T-44A and T-44C largest helicopter repair facility Pegasus aircraft, while VT-35 in the world (and an unusual flies the twin engine TC-12B arrangement of an Army installation located on a Naval Huron aircraft. facility). The commanding Other aircraft found at NAS officer is currently COL Corpus Christi include the Garner Pogue. The Army UH-1N Huey, a helicopter is considering moving its used primarily for search and helicopter squadron from rescue, as well as P-3 Orions Honduras to this air station to and RQ-1 Predators. save money, using facilities In addition to Navy students, recently abandoned when VT-31 and 35 train pilots from large Navy minesweeping the Air Force, Coast Guard, helicopters moved elsewhere. and Marines. However, due World Views Guides | August 2014
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