Carroll High School - Anchor Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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By 1850 Corpus Christi was beginning to prosper. At that time the town had a total of 550 whites, 47 slaves, one free Negro and 112 soldiers. By occupation, there were one hotelkeeper, one doctor, one saddler, one shoemaker, four sailors and a 21-year-old woman, Laura Baskin, who was listed as captain of a schooner. . . 14411 nf. E f'i'.' fi, . I lm. --0:1 ---!'f?: f 1 U 'gtili' ' .Ml H, win ! X 'IL' rl .,l,mm WZ,- 1 1'l22..i. ,yvf 'li .i2 i.:L1a.-aa, w.ir'2f, Q, , I ,416-1 . . f,. 4 Q , 1 42321111 1556 7 L ' E f 1 422, .,- '. f ' - ,V 1 1- A I .' H Anil - . 5ZjJZn, Wi l. .Tiff li ff f f Fi 1 I , rw 1 ' 'f gmef-. if v , Ai . 1r ' -. . t 1'-x .rA51i i w Z -N '.I',l5:.::.! .1 1 -'R V: , 'if ite? -- mfg 'J 5, uf!! , I Z1' x V l' ll ,ff nirxv i' lgg gf , --.fv 'ff W Dj et.-ii fm, Biff-.Q ' ' , , C- -.. K.-u-IIE M A .ian 1 - . f . 1 I 1. ':::i: :u u I' 1 'it ff ., I iv I -' J' -: If'f: 1 llfg 1 1- 'iff' 'T J , .. 1 ' MEEEiH3 ' - .v W? 'Y - 6 'Q U I 4 M X p,f:lm'L.gmalllU'l 1 -, . 'M-' 4 ,' H ll . .' Hit ' ' 4 . Li J '49 X vi : fi V921 ' 'FT' lf? 455511: .N gf I .SK Wi' 1 1 iff fr wif f P' 1 , y ' 2' 31 f il. :if-:fii2W'!-. -Li4f! Ag! 'I rfa2?gZgpgtwf4fcti.mm f . igiwflyix ' T in I E gh ff I f 1 8,2 my ' l X, Y Mr v X . 0 3 . ' , 1' Q ' ,,,:., - ... if ff KK 1 f f 15.22525 it on ' f 'fi rgf:'5gi'2lE1 N ff ll ir 1 5 I.. ss 4 'Ill . 1 i' Yv1. ,.2ef-my fA -- 1 F- . Z: w if- f f if 1, n, ..gsS'1'Z4Ql f'i.i f'g Q3PPf i6'f ' - 71397---g---'r-L .4 - i--- :'le-FF-f r V,-25' 1 it IBBQ2- !msxgN94Z,:fZ, V L6 AN sa -2-' Tibllnv '- -2- 71 K9 ' ff Ll! 'J i ' ff? .1 ilk, -...,,+f , z V fx , ,fixxil ft . 1 eg -Ef f xW'55 t 14Wl fw+afUf - L...-.... X -7, I : ' ' In February of 1899 Corpus Christi went on ice. The normally warm and humid temperature dropped sharply. Seabirds dropped to the ground, frozen. Fish rolled in on icy waves, thumping solidly against the shore. Palm trees had fingers of ice. It was the worst freeze the city had ever had, and its 11 degrees above zero still ranks as the city's all-time record low. 1812 1813 1814 1817- 1820 1821 1823 1825 1828 1831 1832 1833 1828 1831 1832 1836 1838 1842 1845 1846 1847 1848 Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner as Americans battle the British again during the War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent ends the war. Americans under Gen. Andy Jackson defeat the British at the Battle of New Orleans. 1825 The Era of Good Feelings becomes prominent in the United States. Missouri Compromise divides western lands into slave and free territory. Stephen F. Austin settles colonies in Texas under grant given to his father, Moses Austin. Mexico wins independence from Spain. First public high school in the U.S. - English High School of Boston - established. Monroe Doctrine tells European nations to stay out of the Americas. Irish colonies established near San Patricio. Noah Webster publishes a dictionary. Slaves rebel in Virginia. Telegraph invented. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna becomes president of Mexico. Port of Corpus Christi becomes a haven for smugglers. Captain Enrique de Villarreal receives a land grant which includes all of today's Corpus Christi. John Charles Beales, Texas' largest land king, controls 70,000,000 acres, most of it between the Rio Grande and Nueces River. He loses most of it when the Republic of Texas is founded. Texas declares independence from Mexico, the Alamo falls, but Sam Houston leads Texian armies to victory and freedom at the Battle of San Jacinto. Corpus Christi established as a town with the founding of Col. Kinney's trading post. Massachusetts recognizes legality of labor unions. Gen. Zachary Taylor establishes headquarters in Corpus Christi. First local post office opens and Texas enters the Union. Advance of Taylor's troops to the Rio Grande helps precipitate the Mexican War. Mormons settle at the Great Salt Lake. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ends Mexican War, gives the U.S. the Mexican Cession. Col. Kinney deepens the Corpus Christi ship channel. Women's Rights convention held at Seneca Falls, N.Y. Opening 9

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1848 1850 1852 1853 1854 1855 1857 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1865 1867 1868 1869 Col. Kinney advertises in Eastern newspapers a route to California through Corpus Christi, and the city begins to prosper from gold-rushers traveling through. First Corpus Christi census. Kelly-Bessemer steel process developed. Uncle Tom's Cabin published. City of Corpus Christi incorporated, and Armstrong Ranch established. King Ranch established and Republican party formed. Fruit vessel docking at the Port of Corpus Christi brings yellow fever epidemic. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass published. Dred Scott decision nullifies Missouri Compromise and helps bring on the Civil War. John Brown's forces attack Harper's Ferry. Corpus Christi Ship Channel Co. formed to dredge the channel deeper. Abraham Lincoln elected president. Texas joins the newly formed Confederate States of America. Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter. Corpus Christi becomes a port for Confederate supplies and is blockaded by the Union. President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. Union ships shell Corpus Christi. Mexican army defeats Maximilian's French forces at Puebla on May 5, now the Mexican national holiday of Cinco de Mayo. Battle of Gettysburg represents the high mark of the Confederacy. Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman marches through Georgia to the sea. Cecilio Balerio leads Union troops in attack on Confederate troops near Corpus Christi. Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox. President Lincoln assassinated. Reconstruction military government established in Texas, and Texas slaves freed on June 19. Rise of South Texas cattle industry begins. Violence increases, with 1,000 murders in three years. U.S. purchases Seward's Folly, Alaska, from Russia. Typewriter invented. President Andrew J ohnson impeached. Central Pacific and Union Pacific link up at Promontory Point, Utah, to make the nation's first transcontinental railroad. O peninq