The Main Street controversy

The Main Street controversy

Believe it or not, Corpus Christi is one of the very few towns and cities in the U. S. that does not have a "Main Street" in its downtown area. That is due "mainly" to the fact that Henry Kinney, the founder of Corpus Christi, laid out and named all of the city streets himself....and Main Street was not on his agenda. He preferred animal names (Leopard, Tiger, Buffalo, Antelope), names of friends (Peoples, Twigg, William, Taylor, Schatzell), Ind…