after the war was over, henry mckinney, came back to corpus christi and was trying to make it a thriving city. the first texas state fair happen in 1852, seven years before the series affairs that we know today. about 20,000 circulars went out to the world. he convinced only 2000 people to come to corpus christi. it did not provide quite the boom he thought it would. he bought very elaborate presentation tablets to our ward to the winning competitors in the fair categories. agriculture in corpus christi brought many of the day, wealthy families to the area. corpus christi has subsisted mostly on agricultural based in sheep, cotton, and cattle. king ranch relies mostly on cattle. they had the famous brand. he fenced his lands and barbed wire. it stopped rogues transporting any goods through his lands without his control. he also controlled the cotton that could be smuggled around the union blockades and eventually sold to mexico. king ranch has always been one of the prominent ranches in the area. they own most of the land between here and mexico. it controlled most of the commerce before