What is the article A Ranch Fit for a King (of Texas) about?”
If the Old West survives anywhere, it’s here, on the sprawling King Ranch in south Texas. At 825,000 acres, it is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. Everything about it is huge, storied, and mythic. This is the ranch that launched the legendary cattle drives celebrated in movies like “Red River” . . . the family that inspired the long-running TV soap opera “Dallas” . . . the place where Texas legend and lore were born. “The two big icons in Texas history, and there are only two. The Alamo. King Ranch. And that’s it,” said Texas Monthly magazine reporter Sam Gwynne. He’s written extensively of the King Ranch, and its bigger-than-life founder, Richard King: “He was a man who would settle things with his fists,” Gwynne said. “If you see pictures of him, he’s got a bull neck, enormous shoulders, enormous arms. He was a man who could settle things on his own.” Richard King was a runaway orphan who first made his fortune running American soldiers up the Rio Grande River during the Mexica
Larger Than Rhode Island, the Legendary King Ranch – and the Family Business It Spawned – Is a Lone Star State Icon If the Old West survives anywhere, it’s here, on the sprawling King Ranch in south Texas. At 825,000 acres, it is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. Everything about it is huge, storied, and mythic. This is the ranch that launched the legendary cattle drives celebrated in movies like “Red River” . . . the family that inspired the long-running TV soap opera “Dallas” . . . the place where Texas legend and lore were born. “The two big icons in Texas history, and there are only two. The Alamo. King Ranch. And that’s it,” said Texas Monthly magazine reporter Sam Gwynne. He’s written extensively of the King Ranch, and its bigger-than-life founder, Richard King: “He was a man who would settle things with his fists,” Gwynne said. “If you see pictures of him, he’s got a bull neck, enormous shoulders, enormous arms. He was a man who could settle things on his own.” Richard King
