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    The Nueces River (/njuˈeɪsɪs/ new-AY-siss; Spanish: Río Nueces, IPA: [ˈri.o ˈnweses]) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about 315 miles (507 km) long...
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    named for the Nueces River, which marks the county's northwestern boundary with San Patricio County before emptying into its mouth at Nueces Bay north of...
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    The Nueces Massacre, also known as the Massacre on the Nueces, was a violent confrontation between Confederate soldiers and Texas Germans on August 10...
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  • The Nueces Strip or Wild Horse Desert is the area of South Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. According to the narrative of Spanish missionary...
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  • Thanksgiving 1915, turkey dinner at the Nueces, including oysters and olives, was one dollar. In addition to fine food, the Nueces provided professional entertainment...
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    Nueces Bay is a northwestern extension of Corpus Christi Bay in the San Patricio and Nueces Counties of Texas. The bay is fed by the Nueces River, forming...
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  • Procambarus nueces, sometimes called the Nueces crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Atascosa River in Atascosa...
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    "Robstown Record". NewspaperArchive. Retrieved March 24, 2023. "Nueces County Record Star". Nueces County Record Star. Retrieved May 6, 2018. "Brooks Kieschnick...
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    Corpus Christi, Texas (category Cities in Nueces County, Texas)
    region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties...
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    APB-40 Nueces". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16. "Nueces (APB-40) – The Mobile Riverine Force Association". Retrieved 2021-12-16. "Nueces". NHHC...
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  • furnished travelers with meals and a cot on the porch of her lean-to on the Nueces River. She was accused of robbing and murdering a trader named John Savage...
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    Corpus Christi Bay (category Bodies of water of Nueces County, Texas)
    and Nueces counties, next to the major city of Corpus Christi. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Mustang Island, and is fed by the Nueces River...
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    county seat. The following year, the county south of the Nueces River was reorganized as Nueces County, and the town of San Patricio became the county seat...
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  • in Nueces County, in the Coastal Bend region of Texas. It is bound to the north by the Nueces River, which also marks the boundary between Nueces County...
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  • The Battle of Lipantitlán, also known as the Battle of Nueces Crossing, was fought along the Nueces River on November 4, 1835 between the Mexican Army and...
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    Frio River (category Tributaries of the Nueces River)
    river flows generally southeast for 200 miles until it empties into the Nueces River south of the town of Three Rivers. Along the way, the Frio River provides...
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  • Agua Dulce (/ɑːwəˈdulsɪ/ ah-wə-DOOL-sih) is a city in Nueces County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on the Texas Mexican Railway at the intersection...
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  • opened in May 1944 and was run by Nueces County. The Spohn Healthcare system acquired Memorial Hospital from Nueces County in 1996. The Spohn system,...
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    The largest city of the Coastal Bend is Corpus Christi. It includes the Nueces Estuary (Corpus Christi Bay) and the Mission–Aransas Estuary (Aransas Bay)...
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    claimed Texas's border stretched to the Rio Grande, Mexico claimed it was the Nueces River leaving the Rio Grande Valley under contested Texan sovereignty. While...
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  • Gardendale was a community in eastern Nueces County that was annexed by the City of Corpus Christi in 1954. Gardendale was at a site near the western edge...
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    overtook them at the Nueces River. Thirty-four were killed, some executed after being taken prisoner. Jacob Kuechler survived the Nueces massacre. The cruelty...
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    Baffin Bay Nueces Bay Oso Bay Copano Bay Aransas Bay Matagorda Bay Lavaca Bay Redfish Bay Mission Bay Rincon Bayou - a bayou in the Nueces River Delta...
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    it to be the Rio Grande and Mexico claiming it to be the more-northern Nueces River. Polk sent a diplomatic mission to Mexico in an attempt to buy the...
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  • Nueces River Frio River Atascosa River San Miguel Creek Leona River Hondo Creek Tehuacana Creek Sabinal River Blanco Creek Turkey Creek West Nueces River...
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  • The Nueces roundnose minnow (Dionda serena) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the upper Nueces in Texas. NatureServe...
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    the Rio Grande as its southern boundary, while Mexico insisted that the Nueces River was the boundary. In practice, much of the disputed territory was...
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    Nueces County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved January 21, 2021. With accompanying pictures "Nueces County Courthouse of 1914". Nueces County...
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  • This list of cemeteries in Texas includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries...
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    The 8-story U.S. Courthouse is located at Fourth, Fifth, San Antonio, and Nueces streets (opened December 2012)....
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