Corpus Christi was founded in 1839 by
Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney as Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch. It
was a small trading post to sell supplies to a Mexican revolutionary army
camped about 25 miles (40 km) west. In July 1845, U.S. troops commanded by
General Zachary Taylor set up camp there in preparation for war with Mexico,
where they remained until March 1846. Approximately one year later, the city
was named Corpus Christi and was incorporated on 9 September 1852.
The Port of Corpus Christi was opened in
1926 and the Corpus
