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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 (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).
Kenedy Ranch, also called La Parra Ranch, [1] is located in Kenedy County, 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 ]
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 ...
A settlement known as Point Isabel was established at the location in the 1830s, and in 1853, the Point Isabel Lighthouse was constructed to overlook the lagoon. The city was named Port Isabel in 1928, and in 1954, the Queen Isabella Causeway, the longest bridge in Texas, was constructed across Laguna Madre to South Padre Island.
In 1900, he purchased the 8 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, which became the nucleus of the present-day 6666 Ranch, followed by the Dixon Creek Ranch and later purchases which now all make up the ranch's ...
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]