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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]
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).
King Ranch is the largest ranch in the United States. At some 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2 ; 1,289 sq mi) [ 3 ] it is larger than both the land area of Rhode Island and the area of the European country Luxembourg . [ 4 ]
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 ...
Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924) became a United States congressman, Marcellus Kleberg (1849-1913) studied law and served as city attorney for Galveston, Texas, and the youngest Kleberg son, also named Robert Justus Kleberg (1853-1932), managed the King Ranch and later married Alice Gertrudis King, the youngest daughter of cattle baron Captain ...
The King Ranch heirs own ranches in southern Texas that spread across over 900,000 acres. The ranch spawned from land was originally purchased by Captain Richard King in 1853 and subsequently ...
He served as legal counsel to Richard King and his 600,000-acre (2,400 km 2) King Ranch. When King died, Kleberg took over the management of the ranch in 1885. [2] Under his tenure the ranch grew to encompass over 1,300,000 acres (5,300 km 2). [1] He also encouraged the B. F. Yoakum company of St. Louis to build a railroad in South Texas. [3]
The location used as Matt King's house lacked the banyan tree described in the book; the filmmakers solved the issue by transplanting a banyan. [9] For the scene where the King family drives up to a ridge to look over their land, the film used a 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) private cattle ranch on the south shore of Kauai, Kipu Ranch.