Week 4- It Has Come To An End...

In the beginning of my project, I didn't really know what I wanted to do for my topic. I thought I would have found more information about downtown, but that wasn't the case. I found certain information that was useful to my project, which helped speed up the process. I was very happy that I was actual able to find information about downtown because although it is something important to our city, not that many articles were there in the vertical files. Although I only had a handful of information about downtown, I learned that it is significant to our city because it is where the business district first took shape, which allowed the city of Corpus to flourish and grow. Downtown played a role that caused change in the city of Corpus, and we as citizens, I think we see the change in the place that we live in today. 

The first project that I viewed was Esmeralda's exhibit board, about Water St. I learned that it had an impact on our city by providing a place for us to enjoy our night at social gatherings and allows people to come together as a community. It goes with my project because we both learned how important certain aspects of downtown are important to the people of Corpus Christi. I think without one or the other, Corpus wouldn't have grown into the city that it is today.

The last project that I looked at was Jesiah's Civil War weebly. I learned that in some way Corpus played a role in the Civil War and we have historical marker that says it. I didn't know about the marker until after reading over about it on his website. I was pretty surprised that he obtained that much information about the Civil War. I also didn't know that Corpus had The Ranchero that talked about the Civil War. Overall, any topic that can relate to our city of Corpus is important to the history because it makes our city important to the people who live here.