Established in 1853 by a steamboat captain named Richard King, it was the state's first cattle ranch, the prototype for all the other magnificent spreads that helped define the American West.

For four rears TOM LEA , the artist and author of El Paso, has been absorbed in writing and illustrating his incomparable two-volume history of the King Ranch, to be published by Little Brown.

King Ranch Has Long History, From Cattle to Citrus and Sugar. MICHAEL VAN SICKLER & CRAIG PITTMAN TIMES / HERALD TALLAHASSEE BUREAU. Sprawled across 1,300 square miles of Texas hills, ...

King Ranch Is Facing Texas-Tall Challenges. SIMON ROMERO New York Times. ... On such days, the tools of modern ranching, like air-conditioned pickups and helicopters used to shoo cattle, ...

King Ranch, Inc., Houston, Texas, announced April 9 that it has acquired a 50% stake in CobaltCattle, the nation’s fourth-largest cattle feeding operation with six feedyards in Colorado, Kansas ...

The King Ranch cattle empire in Texas was founded in 1853 by Capt. Richard King, a steamboat pilot and pioneer rancher who bought a vast Mexican land grant near the Rio Grande Valley.The holdings ...

A critical part of the state’s mythos was the story of King Ranch, founded in 1853 by steamboat captain Richard King. With no knowledge of cattle, King miraculously grew his initial 15,500-acre ...

Libations King Ranch Is Turning Its Invasive Mesquite Problem Into Bourbon The legendary operation partnered with Old Forester in Kentucky to create a Texas-exclusive whiskey that benefits cattle ...

The ranch’s quarter horses are descended from Old Sorrel, one of the foundation sires of the American Quarter Horse breed, crossed with North Texas’ Biggs Cattle Company cattle horse lines.

Established in 1853 by a steamboat captain named Richard King, it was the state’s first cattle ranch, the prototype for all the other magnificent spreads that helped define the American West.