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1998-2000 Archive

December 27, 2000 -- '30s serial killer buried victim at Ingleside

December 20, 2000 -- Longhorn barons, a vanished breed

December 13, 2000 -- The old barons of beef and bone

December 6, 2000 -- Eli Merriman was a legendary newsman

November 29, 2000 -- Albert, Driscoll swapped names

November 22, 2000 -- Part two "Our towns"

November 15, 2000 -- Nueces County's little towns of past

November 8, 2000 -- Missing pieces from the past

November 1, 2000 -- A medley of mysteries

October 18, 2000 -- Diaries describe unique way of life

October 11, 2000 -- Mercers settled Mustang Island

October 4, 2000 -- Mustang Island's pilots at the bar

September 27, 2000 -- The king's salt

September 6, 2000 -- The killing of Mat Nolan

August 30, 2000 -- Mat Nolan leads Confederate forces

August 23, 2000 -- The Nolans arrive in Corpus Christi

August 16, 2000 -- Chaparral Street in 1883

August 9, 2000 -- Mesquite Street in 1883

August 2, 2000 -- Corpus Christi's downtown area in 1883

July 26, 2000 -- Drought years and rain battles

July 19, 2000 -- Part 2 Sands of history

July 12, 2000 -- Padre Island's sands of history

June 14, 2000 -- Wheels of progress rolled on oxcarts

June 7, 2000 -- Landmark of a town down on its luck

May 31, 2000 -- Shoreline has a long, colorful history

May 24, 2000 -- The shoreline of history

May 10, 2000 -- The Cattle Queen of Texas

May 3, 2000 -- When 'Buc Days' were real

April 26, 2000 -- White Point: a short trip in history

April 19, 2000 -- Old-fashioned coffee and recipes from the 1880s

April 12, 2000 -- Remember the old bascule bridge?

April 5, 2000 -- All-woman Supreme Court made history

March 8, 2000 -- Free whisky boosted turnout

March 1, 2000 -- Up the trail, Part Three

February 23, 2000 -- Up the trail, Part Two

February 16, 2000 -- Up the trail from Texas

February 9, 2000 -- Uncle Sam's camel corps

January 26, 2000 -- The names have changed in S. Texas

January 19, 2000 -- Yankee fleet bombards Corpus Christi

January 12, 2000 -- Looking back at 1950

January 5, 2000 -- Short takes

December 31, 1999 -- Editorial review of 20th Century

December 22, 1999 -- Woolly times in South Texas

December 15, 1999 -- The cowtown of the Gulf Coast

December 8, 1999 -- Rip Ford's trail across history

December 1, 1999 -- The folly of Uriah Lott

November 24, 1999 -- Garner's promise to Corpus Christi

November 3, 1999 -- Kinney's immigrants left their mark

October 27, 1999 -- Seawall was built to hold back ocean

October 20, 1999 -- When Taft came to visit

October 13, 1999 -- Road across bay snaked along on oyster shell reefs

October 6, 1999 -- U-boats and spies in WWII

September 29, 1999 -- Torpedo Junction in World War II

September 22, 1999 -- Shared history

September 15, 1999 -- Anniversary of 1919 hurricane, with a personal account of the 1919 hurricane

September 8, 1999 -- Visiting teacher survived the 1919 storm

September 1, 1999 -- Indian raids on Corpus Christi

August 18, 1999 -- Killer 'cow-boys' plagued S. Texas

July 21, 1999 -- Forts and fortified places

July 14, 1999 -- The Forts of Corpus Christi

July 7, 1999 -- Did you know...

June 30, 1999 -- Corpus Christi's street names

June 23, 1999 -- The streets of our city

June 16, 1999 -- First Person: Ike Elliff

June 2, 1999 -- First Person: J.B. (Red John) Dunn

May 26, 1999 -- First person: Rosalie Priour

May 12, 1999 -- First person: Thomas J. Noakes

May 5, 1999 -- Neighbors muster for a panther hunt

Apr. 28, 1999 -- Leaving Germany for South Texas

Apr. 21, 1999 -- Hanging Times -- Part 4

Apr. 14, 1999 -- Hanging Times -- Part 3

Apr.  7, 1999 -- Hanging Times -- Part 2

Mar. 31, 1999 -- Hanging Times -- Part 1

Mar. 24, 1999 -- Century-old news boiled down

Mar. 17, 1999 -- Land-hungry Irish arrive in Texas

Mar. 4, 1999 -- Army brought movers, shakers

Feb. 24, 1999 -- Kinney tries to conquer Nicaragua

Feb. 17, 1999 -- Kinney is a suspect in competitor's death

Feb. 10, 1999 -- City's founder was part hero and part rogue

Feb. 3, 1999 -- Lichtenstein's grew up with the city

Jan. 27, 1999 -- Coldest norther in history hit 100 years ago

Jan. 6, 1999 -- Tough Women, Part 2

Dec. 30, 1998 -- Tough Women, Part 1

Dec. 16, 1998 -- Too short to save

Dec. 9, 1998 -- Army, in disarray, marches south

Dec. 2, 1998 -- Kinney makes a fortune from Taylor's army

Nov. 25, 1998 -- Taylor's army lands in Texas

Nov. 18, 1998 -- Ghost towns of the Coastal Bend

Nov. 11, 1998 -- Soldiers trained here for `over there'

Nov. 4, 1998 -- City in shambles at Civil War's end

Oct. 28, 1998 -- Union gunboats bombard the city

Oct. 21, 1998 -- Slavery was not widespread here

Sept. 30, 1998 -- Pat Dunn was the Duke of Padre

Sept. 23, 1998 -- A little history quiz

Sept. 16, 1998 -- Corpus Christi's historic firsts

Sept. 9, 1998 -- Storms opened way for city's port

Sept. 2, 1998 -- Famous shootouts

Aug. 26, 1998 - Women couldn't vote, but they won an election

Aug. 19, 1998 -- King's fortune was made during the Civil War

Aug. 12, 1998 -- N.Y. runaway becomes world's greatest rancher

Aug. 5, 1998 - It was a bad day on Good Friday

Jul. 29, 1998 - Ingleside: New town has an old history

Jul. 22, 1998 - Did you know . . .

Jul. 16, 1998 - Yellow fever postscript

Jul. 15, 1998 - The yellow hand of death

Jul. 8, 1998 - Signposts to the past

Jun. 10, 1998 - Corpus Christi's go-go years

Jun. 4, 1998 - This area is rich with legends of buried gold

Jun. 3, 1998 - Coast is loaded with legends of lost treasures

May 6, 1998 - Who made South Texas?

Apr. 29, 1998 - Did you know that . . .

Apr. 22, 1998 - The day they hanged Chipita

Apr. 17, 1998 - Survivor recalls the great storm

Apr. 17, 1998 - The streets of the city

Apr. 15, 1998 - Looking back at the great storm

Mar. 18, 1998 - The streets of the city

Mar. 11, 1998 - Peeling cattle

Mar. 4, 1998 - The ghosts of our past

Feb. 25, 1998 - Gone to El Dorado

Feb. 18, 1998 - The streets of the city

Feb. 18, 1998 - Kenedy Rifles leave for war



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