Rare 1849 image of Corpus Christi Discovered

A previously-unknown drawing emerged in a New York auction, purportedly from descendants of Caleb Loy, a former New York congressman, according to research by James Graham Baker, the retired Texas A&M University educator and historian who purchased it. The drawing is believed to be the oldest known surviving picture of Corpus Christi. The drawing is an 1849 image of the backside of Kinney's Trading Post and Kinney's Tank, a freshwater pond next to it that was Corpus Christi's first water supply.

(Click on the image to the right to see a larger version.)

The image of Kinney's property is a less than 7-inch by 10-inch graphite drawing by military man and West Point educator Seth Eastman.

You can read more in an article by Mike Baird in the Corpus Christi Caller Times at http://goo.gl/E5NIK.

My thanks to Betty Clay for telling me about this story.