Living history in Corpus Christi A time machine floats in Corpus Christi Bay. Step aboard the USS Lexington, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier and now a museum, and travel into a past full of heroes and danger. First, some context. Corpus Christi has been a military town since U.S. General Zachary Taylor’s army set up
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Mike Carlisle
Mike is executive director of the Texas Tropical Trail Region with an avid interest in ships, planes, trains, and automobiles.
In 2013, science teacher Katie Blaser led the “Green Team” of fourth graders at Galveston’s Oppe Elementary School on a successful quest to have the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named the Official State Sea Turtle of Texas. As an after-school…
When young university student, Donna Shaver arrived at Padre Island National Seashore in 1980 from Syracuse N.Y., she fell in love with both the ocean and saving an endangered species. “I had never seen the ocean or a live sea…
Sitting prominently along Aransas Bay in Rockport, the Fulton Mansion has stood tall and majestic since 1877. George W. Fulton, who created a ranching and meatpacking empire while shipping cattle tallow and hides to New Orleans during the 1870s, built…
Today, the Texas Historical Commission has 32 State Historic Sites, but few share close proximity with so many other historic sites as the Fannin Battleground near Goliad. The Goliad State Park and Historic Site integrates four deeply intertwined State Historic…
Despite challenges and a brief printing interruption, Authentic Texas is back in print and stronger than ever online. Texan resilience seems evident everywhere you look. Our heritage sites theme is perfect to highlight the same tenacity and leadership exemplified across…
In 1955, Corpus Christi police were on guard against people digging at the historic Old Bayview cemetery following claims in the local newspaper that Mexican bandito Pancho Villa had buried about $1.5 million in gold coins and jewelry in “the old…
If you Google the question “Which is the oldest library in Texas,” you might be surprised by multiple answers. In April 2017, David Brown of The Texas Signal started the same pursuit retrieving slightly different results than today. The answer…
If you miss the nostalgia of a true drive-in, Snapka’s Drive Inn delivers. Do you remember the days of “cruising the lot” while running the drag? Many restaurants try to mimic the originals and capture the feeling of the early…
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