Motel 6 Corpus Christi Northwest

HORSEBACK RIDING - on the...

by CorvetteChic

HORSEBACK RIDING - on the beach at Mustang Ranch Riding Stables. Open seven (7) days a week. Hayrides & bonfires on beach. To make reservations call (361) 991-RIDE.

Corpus Christi GREYHOUND RACE TRACK - a year-round facility racing nightly except Monday & Tuesday with matinees on Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Located on Interstate Highway 37 and Navigation Blvd. Main entrance is off Leopard Street.

KING RANCH Tours - Visit the most famous ranch in the world just one hour west at Kingsville. For more information contact the Kingsville Visitor’s Center at (361)-592-8516 or 1-800-333-5032.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - Whooping Crane Boat Tours are available to see the winter homes of the rare crane. November 1 through April 30. Call (361)-729-9589.

Corpus Christi NAVAL AIR STATION - Headquarters for the Naval Air Training Command. Call (361)-939-2568 for more information.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MARINE SCIENCE INSTITTUTE - Port Aransas houses a marine visitor’s center with a great diversity of displays. For more information contact their Visitor’s Center at (361)-749-5729.

Corpus Christi ARMY DEPOT - located aboard Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, the Depot is the world’s largest helicopter overhaul & repair facility. For more information call (361)-961-3626.

NAVAL STATION INGLESIDE, Texas - home of the U.S. Navy’s Mine Warfare Center of Excellence. NAS Ingleside was dedicated on July 6, 1992. For more information call (361)-776-4204.

NUECES RIVER COUNTY'S PARK VISITOR'S CENTER - located on Highway 77, the Visitor’s Center is accessible by car from either the north or south bound lanes. Address is 6667 Highway 77. Telephone number is (361)-241-1464.

Frank's Corpus Christi Page

by frankcanfly

HISTORY
Corpus Christi from its founding in 1839 was called "Kinney's Ranch'' or "Kinney's Rancho,'' after founder H.L. Kinney. Within three years, Kinney in letters was calling the place Corpus Christi, after the bay. But years before, in 1836, Peter Grayson laid out a city called Grayson on the present site of Corpus Christi. Grayson, the attorney general of the Republic of Texas in 1837, had the place surveyed for a townsite in 1838, just before he killed himself during a painful illness. Grayson was a town on paper only.

The oldest names in South Texas came long before there were any settlements or towns. They were the names for huge blocks of land, the early Spanish land grants. They were called the Rincon del Oso, Rincon de Corpus Christi, the Santa Gertrudis and De la Garza grants, the Casa Blanca and Agua Dulce grants, the La Parra, La Barreta, El Penascal, El Chiltipin, Palo Alto, Santa Petronila, San Diego de Abajo and San Diego de Arriba grants. The old Spanish names were here for 100 years or so before the people came who couldn't pronounce them.