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