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12 cze 2018 · In 1854 Henrietta and Richard King established their home on the Santa Gertrudis Ranch (see KING RANCH). Their original dwelling was a mud and stick jacal, but this was eventually replaced with a house overlooking Santa Gertrudis Creek.
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.
19 paź 2023 · King spent the next forty years associated with the farming and ranching operations which she and other family members managed. Under their leadership, the ranch prospered and grew, more than doubling in acreage.
Henrietta King, the wife of world-famous rancher Richard King, inherited 500,000 acres of Texas land and $500,000 of debt from her husband in 1885. At the time of her own death in 1925, she left an estate of nearly one million acres and almost 95,000 head of cattle.
23 kwi 2012 · While King was away on business, Henrietta ran the daily activities on the ranch. Henrietta King, the queen of King Ranch, married Richard King on December 10, 1854. They had five children and in 1854 established their home on the Santa Gertrudis ranch.
Bio. As the wife of the founder of the most famous ranch in the world, the King Ranch in South Texas, Henrietta King frequently was in charge of the ranch and defended it from Indians and bandits while her husband was away. After his death in 1885, she was sole owner of the ranch for 40 years.
Rancho de Santa Gertrudes (King Ranch) is founded with the purchase of the Rincon de Santa Gertrudis land grant. The first Rancho de Santa Gertrudes cattle drive to Northern markets is undertaken. Henrietta King asks Robert Justus Kleberg, Sr. to manage the Ranch’s affairs. Alice Gertrudis King married Robert Justus Kleberg, Sr. .
