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Helen Kleberg was the only child of Robert Justus Kleberg Jr. and Helen Campbell Kleberg. Robert Kleberg Jr. was the son of Robert Kleberg and Alice King-Kleberg, who was the daughter of Henrietta and Richard King, founder of the King Ranch. [3] [4] Her father developed the Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle. [5]
Lauro Cavazos, who served as the first Hispanic United States Cabinet officer, was born on the King Ranch during his father's service as a ranch foreman in January, 1927. Example of a King Ranch; a Ford F-250 (2005–2007) On November 18, 1936, Luther Blanton and his son, John, trespassed on the ranch by crawling through the fence surrounding it.
Richard King (July 10, 1824 – April 14, 1885) was a riverboat captain, Confederate, entrepreneur, and most notably, the founder of the King Ranch in South Texas, which at the time of his death in 1885 encompassed over 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2).
Henrietta Maria King (née Chamberlain; July 21, 1832 – March 31, 1925) was a rancher and philanthropist. [1] She was the wife of Richard King, who founded King Ranch, the largest ranch in Texas. [2] Their daughter Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg is the namesake of Alice, Texas. The Henrietta M. King High School in Kingsville, Texas is named ...
American Red cattle graze in a pasture on Friday, March 29, 2024, in Kingsville, Texas. American Red's are a cross between Santa Gertrudis, a hardy breed, and Red Angus, known for desirable fat ...
She then left Mexico City and returned to Matamoros. While broke and down on her luck, she was befriended by Texians who knew of her humanitarian acts. The 1936 memoirs of Elena O'Shea, a King Ranch schoolteacher, claim that Francita Alavez traveled back to Texas with her new friends, where she was employed to work on the ranch. [1]
King Ranch assistant archivist Norma Martinez gets a plate of food at the Ranch Hand Breakfast during the Ranch Hand Weekend on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 in Kingsville, Texas.
In the 1860s, Mifflin was partners with Richard King in the King Ranch where they had sheep, horses, and cattle in the 1860s. The partners also invested in land. In 1869, he purchased the Laureles Ranch in Nueces County, Texas, where the Kenedys next lived. The ranch consisted of 172,000 acres and employed 161 people. Kenedy likely managed the ...