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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).
The headquarters of the King Ranch are in an office building in Houston, Texas. [5] The ranch itself is located in South Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville , adjacent to Kingsville . It was founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis.
Richard King (entrepreneur) (1824–1885), entrepreneur and founder of the King Ranch in South Texas; Richard King (priest) (1871–1958), Dean of Derry, 1921–1946; Richard King (traveller) (1811–1876), English surgeon, Arctic traveler and early ethnological writer; Richard E. King, religion professor; Richard King Mellon (1899–1970 ...
Richard King came to the area in 1847 and was a pilot. [3] After the war, he traded goods in Mexico. [1] In 1850, he established a partnership with Richard King, James O'Donnell, and Charles Stillman called M. Kenedy and Company. They operated steamships on the Rio Grande, operating out of Brownsville, Texas. [1]
Kenedy Ranch, also called La Parra Ranch, [1] is located in Kenedy County, Texas. It was established in 1882 by Mifflin Kenedy, a steamboat operator and rancher. [2] His friend and business partner, Richard King, established the adjoining King Ranch. [1]
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 ...
Robert Justus Kleberg (December 5, 1853 – October 10, 1932) [1] was born to Rosa and Robert J. Kleberg [2] in Texas [1] and attended the University of Virginia. [1] 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]
King's operating budget for the 2005–2006 school year was $12,151,016.00. Their attendance rate for 2003-2004 was 93.8%. As of the 2021-2022 school year, Prudence Farrell serves as the high school's Principal. The King High School band received a 1st division at UIL in 2013 and 2014, for their shows "Every Which Way".