The original 1826 application requested a grant between the Nueces and Sabine Rivers, but in 1828, the Mexican government instead offered the strip of land between the Guadalupe and Lavaca Rivers.
The Republic of Rio Grande claimed as its territory the areas of Tamaulipas and Coahuila to the north until the Nueces river and Medina respectively, and all the states of Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua and Nuevo México, among those present were appointed official representatives of the Republic of the Rio Grande.
After surviving many storms, the Nueces was at last badly damaged by Hurricane Celia on 3 August 1970.
Frances Farenthold, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Nueces and Kleberg counties from 1969-1973; ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1972 Democratic primary runoff