Nueces

• “The matter was one of some importance, as the Nueces is a hundred miles northeastward from the Rio Grande, and that much of territory was therefore in dispute.”

  The Nation in a Nutshell

• “Nueces" Bike Boulevard final draft from city staff has been released”

  Burnt Orange Report

• “Bringing an interstate highway to South Texas continues to be at the forefront and working with our neighboring coastal counties, such as Nueces, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy, will help I-69 become a reality.”

  Brownsville Herald :

• “This is nuts, and it has nothing to do with the name of the Texas county where it takes place -- Nueces Spanish for "walnuts" County -- where the city of Corpus Christi sits.”

  The Huffington Post: Javier Sierra: The Toxic Breezes

• “KEVIN THE INTERN'S 'THIS DAY IN HISTORY' - May 13th, 1846: U.S. Declares War on Mexico For Getting In the Way : Texas was an independent state, but both the U.S. and Mexico claimed it was theirs, arguing over the Nueces versus the Rio Grande River as its border.”

  The Huffington Post: HUFFPOST HILL - Senators Behaving Badly

• “When I heard a schizophrenic person had represented himself, I could not believe it," said Keith Hampton in his office on Nueces Street.”

  Scott Panetti

• “Dismissive of such assertions, Mexicans argued that even if Texas were independent, its southern boundary must be the Nueces River.”

  Simon & Schuster: Between War and Peace

• “According to the sheriff's office in Nueces County, Texas, Mr. Arbabsiar was arrested in 2001 on a theft by check charge that was later dismissed.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Plot Suspect Lives in Texas Suburb

• “The president was livid that Trist had violated his instructions by entertaining a neutral zone between the Rio Grande and Nueces rivers and only a partial transfer of Upper California to the United States.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Country of Vast Designs

• “It added Texas officials had received word that Mexico planned to capture disputed territory east of the Rio Grande, all the way to the Nueces River.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Country of Vast Designs

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