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A1995-015.Box74.0020B Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 871, The hurricane struck Aug. 18, 1916. In Vattman, a number of the homes were destroyed and others were damaged. The May home was one that survived. The first Catholic church, which as located just south of the cemetery, was completely destroyed.
A1995-015.Box74.0024E Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Crocker, Leah. Riviera. [Texas : The Author] 1980. Notes: No page given, At first mass was held in a private home. But in 1909 a small Catholic Church was built. After the 1916 hurricane the citizens built Our Lady of Consolation Church.
A1995-015.Box74.0026C Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 694, Between Dec., 1915 and the time of the hurricane struck in Sept., 1916, there was no rain.
A1995-015.Box74.0049A Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 923 and 944, The R. E. Price family or on Santa Gertrudis Ave., has a storm cellar when they first came to Kingsville in 1916, but snakes had gotten in it so they tore it up. Then came the hurricane of 1916 and they could have used the cellar. They had to take slats from under the beds and nail them to the doors to prevent them from blowing in when the storm was hitting with maximum force.
A1995-015.Box74.0049B Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 644, 953, and 966, The 1916 hurricane did considerable damage in Kingsville. Many windows were broken and the steeple on St. Gertrude's Catholic Church was blown off.
A1995-015.Box74.0049C Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 986, The hurricane of 1916 blew very hard from one direction and then there was a lull and the wind came with great force from the other direction.
A1995-015.Box74.0049D Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 1007, During the 1916 hurricane, many Kingsville families went to the courthouse, the hospital, the Ragland building, the Flato building, and Casa Ricardo Hotel. The children were bedded down in the hallways, the dinning room and lobby of the Casa Ricardo Hotel.
A1995-015.Box74.0049E Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 809, 900, and 906, George Hoffman had been through a hurricane in Cuba and when it became apparent that a hurricane was coming in 1916 he prepared for it by purchasing food and filling the tub with water.
A1995-015.Box74.0049F Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 909, Albert Paulson, after the 1916 hurricane, went to California and worked for a while. He considered settling there, but the land values were so high and irrigation so expensive that he decided to return to Kleberg County.
A1995-015.Box74.0049G Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 276, The 1916 hurricane struck a serious blow at the Gulf Coast Machine and Supply Co. People did not have garages at that time, so when the hurricane approached they parked their cars in the Gulf Coast building.
A1995-015.Box74.0049H Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 694 and 701, One man benefitted from the hurricane. The storm blew the top off of the 20 soft top Model T. Ford cars. He quickly learned the top repair business.
A1995-015.Box74.0050A Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 666 and 944, The 1919 hurricane struck Kingsville hard. Lasting more than 24 hours, the storm blew down fences and many of the houses were drenched on the inside. A tornado picked up a water tank and carried it a mile and none of the water in it was lost.
A1995-015.Box74.0050B Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 637, 806, and 899, The hurricane of 1919 struck Kingsville and did much damage. The L. W. Adam's home split in two. Some other families experienced greater destruction.
A1995-015.Box74.0050C Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 757, The 1919 hurricane that caused so much damage in Corpus Christi was not as severe when it hit Kingsville. The people had a warning that the storm was coming and food was stored that did not have to be cooked. As the hurricane approached, the wine shifted constantly.
A1995-015.Box74.0050D Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 792, 796, and 798, The 1919 hurricane destroyed the Filla's Livery Stable.
A1995-015.Box74.0061F Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 712, William Croxen was made post master of the Riviera Beach Post Office, which had 87 persons picking up their mail there. It remained open until the 1916 hurricane hit the community resulting in the closing of the office in 1917.
A1995-015.Box76.0001FU Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 76 / I-19-5	Lasater, D. (1985). Falfurrias : Ed C. Lasater and the development of South Texas. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1985. Notes: Page 207, The end of the railroad's home seeker rates combined with publicity about Texas hurricanes and bandit raids on the border dealt a lethal blow to the Falfurrrias land promotion business, from the beginning a slow-moving and marginally profitable operation.
A1995-015.Box76.0019Q Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 76 / I-19-5	"Laredo: A Pictorial History" by Jerry Thompson.,1986, Donning Co.: Norfolk, VA. Notes: Pages 217-218, More than two hundred years the citizens of Laredo have cursed the stifling summer heat that stimies life on the Rio Grande Plain. Laredo, however, is located far enough inland that it does not receive the brunt of the killer hurricanes that ravage the gulf coast. Neither had the city felt the effect of tornadoes that bring death and destruction that is not until April 28, 1905.
A1995-015.Box78.0043A Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 78 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 708-715, The cotton crop of 1919 was very good, but before it could be placed the hurricane hit and destroyed it.
A1995-015.Box78.0043N Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 78 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 975-976, In 1916 A. M. White built a stone silo on his farm northwest of Ricardo. The 1916 hurricane blew it down. He rebuilt and later constructed several underground silos 30 feet deep. Pages 901-904, Dr. J. K. Northway came to Kingsville in 1916 and went to work for the King Ranch. When the Henry family reached Kingsville in 1914 and went to their farm east of Kingsville the land was covered with bush. A barbed wire fence was built around the 80 acres.
A1995-015.Box78.0082E Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 78 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 712-713, After the hurricane struck Riviera Beach many of the resident left. The William Croxen family sold their property and moved to Kingsville and managed a hotel.
A1995-015.Box8.0024B Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 8 / I-20-1	Kilgore, D. (1975). Nueces County, Texas, 1750-1800 : a bicentennial memoir. Corpus Christi, Tex. : Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum, 1975. Notes: Page 6, Expedition of 1766. Strong Evidence that Parrilla did not come to Corpus Christi Bay. He had been ordered to come to the Bay. On his report he claimed that he came to Corpus Christi. There is evidence that he went directly to Presidio La Bahía. There he talk(?) from several soldiers about conditions on the coast & the offshore islands north of Corpus Christi. One soldier told him that he was on the coast seeking Indians when the hurricane hit. The hurricane occurred on September 6 or 7th, followed by 4 days of rain and that he was marooned by high water for a week & that he spent another week returning to the Presidio. Page 10, Weather Conditions Sept. 13 - Oct. 7, Under the weather conditions described by Parrilla for that period, it would have been impossible for him to go from San Juan Bautista to Corpus Christi Bay. Wait ten days for Padre Island to be explored. Go up Nueces 42 leagues to go to La Bahia.
A1995-015.Box80.0003C Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 80 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 934, After the 1916 hurricane, John Remlinger sold out his interest in the water well drilling business, and took his wife, Clara, and two youngest children Dewey and Lillian back to their home state, Illinois. The rest of the children remained in Riviera to carry on the work their parents started.
A1995-015.Box80.0029N Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 80 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 712, Father became the only Postmaster at the Riviera Beach Post Office, and I was appointed his assistant. Eighty-seven families were receiving their mail there at the time. The Riviera Beach Post Office remained in operation until after the August 18, 1916 hurricane.
A1995-015.Box82.0030G Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 82 / I-19-5	Florence J. Scott, Royal Land Grants North of the Rio Grande, 1777–1821 (Waco: Texian Press, 1969). Notes: Pages 76-77, The first serious effort toward development began in 1925 when Colonel Sam Robertson purchased the surface rights from Pat Dunn. A well-known railroad and construction engineer of San Benito, he made plans for a highway to be built the length of the island and conversion of the property into a recreational resort. the 1933 hurricane destroyed what he had completed; and later he and his partner W. E. Callaham of Dallas, sold to a St. Louis syndicate, which in turn sold stock in various parts of the county, but failed financially in their project.
A1995-015.Box82.0030T Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 82 / I-19-5	Writer's Round Table. Padre Island, the long Texas coastal stretch that curves through the Gulf of Mexico from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel. (1950). San Antonio, Naylor [1950]. Notes: Pages 84-85, Gone now is the professional wrecker. The efficient coast guard, guided by radio, rushes tot he aid of any boat in difficulty until a wreck along Padre's shores is now an item of curiosity. Still the hurricanes and the tides exact their toll of smaller boasts and the flotsam and jetsam of the sea drift in an endless chain to the islands of the Gulf.
A1995-015.Box82.0030Y Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 82 / I-19-5	Spoonemore, C. M. (1954). The historical development of Padre Island as a recreational area. Thesis (M.S.)--Texas College of Arts and Industries. Notes: Page 11, In 1926, Dunn sold his island to Col. Sam Robertson, who attempted to develop Padre as a resort area, but all his attempts were destroyed in the hurricane of 1933. Two Kansas City brothers purchased Robertson's interests on Padre Island in 1930, but they did not initiate any developmental plans immediately.
A1995-015.Box83.0001CF Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: OVERFLOW 129 / I-17-2	Citation Notes Given: The Corpus Christi Caller Times. May 29, 1987. Notes: No page given, Back on January 3, 1921, the Times reported the State Highway Department would rebuild the causeway between Corpus Christi and Portland. The original causeway had been blown away by the hurricane of 1919. The department said it would cost $400,000 for the new causeway.
A1995-015.Box83.0005AP Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 83 / I-18-1	"Hotel at Former un-roofed and one man seeking refuge in courthouse is cut by flying glass; Matamoras theater ruined while Port Isabel is badly battered." The San Antonio Express. August 5, 1933. Notes: No page given, The Lower Rio Grande Valley, late tonight surveyed the wreckage left by a tropical hurricane, which lashed inland just before nightfall, blew a gale of 70 to 75 miles an hour velocity for two hours, then turned suddenly and lunged south into Mexico. So far as known here late tonight, there had been no loss of life and only one person was known to have been injured.
A1995-015.Box83.0005AQ Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 83 / I-18-1	"Foot Tidal Wave, Too." The San Antonio Express. September 7, 1933. Notes: No page given, In the Valley they're wondering if it's possible to kill Col. Sam A. Robertson. They're wondering in view of his latest narrow escape from the tropical hurricane which hit the Valley. He weathered it in his cottage on Brazos Island. Col. Robertson and five others remained on the island until the high water had cut off all outlets.
A1995-015.Box84.0037AU Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 84 / I-18-1	"Corpus Christi one of the oldest towns on the Gulf Coast." by E. T. Merriman. The Corpus Christi Caller Times. October 29, 1936. Notes: No page given, A. The storm of 1919. 1. The great storm or hurricane or tidal storm as some called it, of September, 1919 was the worst that ever struck. 2. Nothing like it was known to the oldest inhabitants. B. Recovery 1. Not withstanding the great loss the people began with renewed energy to build a greater Corpus Christi.
A1995-015.Box84.0037CQ Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 84 / I-18-1	Lea, T., & King, R. (1957). The King Ranch Volume II. Boston, Little, Brown [1957]. Notes: Pages 601-602, In that year of 1922 Corpus Christi reached a milestone in its development as an important coastal city. For decades its citizens had been trying to find a means to make it a deep water port open to the ocean shipping of the world. In 1919 there had been a new and stronger agitation for an adequate harbor, following the destruction brought to the jerrybuilt port facilities by a fierce hurricane that year.
A1995-015.Box84.0037D Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 84 / I-18-1	Kuehne, C. M. (1973). Hurricane junction; a history of Port Aransas. St. Mary’s University. Notes: No page given. A. The hurricane 1. On September 14, 1919 the busy port bore the brunt of one of the most destructive hurricanes that ever hit the Texas Coast. 2. The storm completely the railroad tracks and the embarkment, the warehouse of the dock co., and other port facilities. B. Continuation of work and concrete ships. 1. However, France and Canada Steamship Co. completed two of its tankers under great officiates.
A1995-015.Box84.0037DE Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 84 / I-18-1	McCampbell, C. (1934). Saga of a frontier seaport. Dallas, Tex. : South-West Press, c1934. Notes: Page 83, On September 14, 1926, just seven years to a day after the hurricane disaster, the town is the scene of its greatest triumph, its most spectacular jubilee celebration. Assembled in a newly constructed dock warehouse is an audience of senators, congressmen, governors, port and waterway officials, from many states.
A1995-015.Box84.0037H Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 84 / I-18-1	"Corpus Christi: A Quarter Century of Development, 1900-1925" by Dan E. Kilgore. Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 75, July 1971 - April, 1972, periodical, 1972; Austin, Texas. Notes: Page 438, A. The Corpus Christi Steamship Co. 1. Now offered regular service to Galveston with its small 20 ft. steamer, the Pilot Boy. 2. Between Gulf trips, the Pilot Boy romanced "jolly home seekers" with excursion trips on the bay. B. Breakup during hurricane of 1916. 1. Pilot Boy broke up in heavy seas off Port Aransas, 9 persons died. This periodical is part of the collection titled: Southwestern Historical Quarterly and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Texas State Historical Association and can be found here: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101201/m1/450/
A1995-015.Box84.0037Q Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 84 / I-18-1	"The Legislative History of the Port of Corpus Christi." by Roy Miller. The Corpus Christi Caller Times. October 29, 1936. Notes: No page given, A. The impact of the hurricane. 1. While it cannot and ought not to be said that the Port of Corpus Christi is a creature of circumstance or the child of disaster, it is undeniably true that the realization of a dream of more than a half century was hastened by the disastrous storm of September 14, 1919.
A1995-015.Box84.0039G Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 84 / I-18-1	"Oxen ground out route of old military road." by Minnie Gilbert. The Harlingen Valley Morning Star. April 24, 1960. Notes: Life in the bay side colony during the early summer was pleasant. Each day the little wood burning locomotive brought fresh vegetables and meat from Brownsville and carried back family washings. Number of hurricanes threatened and with the other vacationers Mrs. Hill and her brood skedoodled to Brownsville.
A1995-015.Box85.0029GH Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 85 / I-19-5	Maddox, W. (1955). History of the Donna community. Thesis (M.S.)--Texas College of Arts and Industries, 1955. Notes: Pages 63-64, While the soldiers were stationed in Donna, there were tents everywhere. The Major was notified that a hurricane was approaching. He told everyone, but Mrs. Frank Hester though little about it. She was in town, when the wind started blowing. When she stepped out of the Condor Market, the wind caught her and blew her around.
A1995-015.Box88.0044AF Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 88 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 718-719, From the time it was developed at the opening of Kleberg County until it was virtually destroyed in the hurricane of 1919, Riviera Beach was a popular resort for local residents who had convenient transportation by rail to Riviera, hence by interurban the ten miles to the beach.
A1995-015.Box88.0044L Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 88 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 992-993, Drought hit the area and it was a dilly, almost as bad as we have had recently. Topping this off was the hurricane of 1916 which practically demolished the hotel at Riviera Beach along with all the store buildings in that town site. That seems to have been the end of the Koch Interests dreams for a Riviera such as the one in France.