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[Chef Lefty]

Apologies in advance of this has already been done, but sharing history of some of our roots. Please share any corrections or additions, comments.

What now is Flour Bluff Drive once was a railroad branch going off Texas Mexican Railway to the Naval Air Station. Waldron Field, on the south side of Flour Bluff, was built during World War II and since then has been used as a Navy landing airfield. President George H. W. Bush was relocated at the Navy base for training classes in 1942. Senator John McCain crashed a training airplane in 1965. One can commonly see the orange and white training planes flying around the area.

In the spring of 1838 France blockaded the coast of Mexico during the Pastry War, so-called because of the mistreatment of French citizens, including pastry chefs, living in Mexico.

Hang in there for the entire story...not making this up.

The strategic location of Corpus Christi Bay led to the revival of smuggling in this area. Supplies were carried overland across the Rio Grande. In July, 1838, authorities at Texana heard reports of Mexican activity near the bay. A captured Mexican sea captain said that his government had declared Corpus Christi a port of entry and had dispatched about 400 men to protect it. A summons was issued, calling Texans to rally at Texana, August 7, to drive the invaders from the Republic's boundaries. By the time the volunteers reached the area, some of the Mexicans had landed their supplies near the tip of Corpus Christi Bay and returned to Matamoros. The rest scattered, leaving about 100 barrels of flour and parts of a steam engine. The Texans confiscated the usable flour, and other contraband, and the site became known as Flour Bluff.
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[Texmaps]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_Bluff

[snakecan2]

going to send a rqst to a buddy of mine. but his great grand father or something like that.. set up a military post to protect corpus christi then moved south then move back north for the civil war.. but he has some pics of the bluff and corpus christi bay.. so maybe he can figure his computer out and post them.. or the link because they are historic pics that our public.
flour bluff.. lucky they didnt put any manteca in it our it would be called tortilla bluff.
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Fish and Hunt Baby.... so tight lines and clear scopes.

[ironmanstan]

Now add the days of the commercial fisherman and the redfish wars of the 80's and how the money of the rich man and the gcca beat them back into the stone age and you got yourself a real story.
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I LIKE MINE FRIED.

[topdog15]

[fishinglady]

Can you tell me how Flour Bluff got its name? Was there a flour mill ? Or was "flower" spelled wrong? Where is there a "bluff"? It all seems pretty flat to me.

[troutsacker]

[Tyler]

[Chef Lefty]

More great information straight from http://en.wikipedia.org

Recreation

Flour Bluff is bordered on the East by the Backyard, renowned for its lack of any Red Drum, (or Redfish) and Trout fishing. Anglers from as far away as Padre Island and Corpus Christi descend on the area every year only to be disappointed in the horrible fishing conditions. Guiding has become big business as some of the best fishing requires special boats that can handle "skinny water". Boats that cannot draft in less than 1 inch of water are sternly warned to stay away from the area.

However, birding has also become a huge phenomenon. The City of Corpus Christi (and Robstown) received the title "Birdiest City," and we encourage everyone to visit there instead.
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[allwheel4x]

[topdog15]

Not trying to give away any secret spots, but the Oso Pier is on fire right now.
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[bk005]

If you only see it from SPID, Flour Bluff looks like the "Gateway to" sleeping on cardboard.

[snakecan2]

[Rudy]

Flour Bluff....Gateway to the Pawnshop.

[Bluffer]