The King Ranch Story
by Sizer, MonaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Pub
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Summary
The King Ranch Story is the love story of an ambitious young man and his dream of creating a great empire on Texas land. It's about the love between a man and woman, Captain Richard King and his wife Henrietta Chamberlain, the driving force behind King's success. It's a story of passion and power and success on a scale never seen before on this continent. King began his great enterprise with 15,500 acres of arid land called Rincon de Santa Gertrudis, purchased for $300 in 1853. From there it has grown to become an international legend. It was here that the great Santa Gertrudis cattle, and the indispensable western quarter horse were developed. The book also includes terrifying stories of ancient ghosts and hauntings that still imbue many of the secret places on the ranch with a sense of mystery and fear.
Table of Contents
| Sailor on Horseback | |
| The Truth | |
| The Land Nobody Wanted | p. 3 |
| The Riverman | p. 13 |
| Into the Desert of the Dead | p. 21 |
| The Myth | |
| The Ghost Horse | p. 30 |
| The Captain and His Lady | |
| The Truth | |
| La Patrona Arrives | p. 39 |
| The Bureaucracy Takes Notice | p. 47 |
| Strife on the Border | p. 57 |
| The Myth | |
| La Llorona | p. 64 |
| Ruffle of Drums | |
| The Truth | |
| The Rebel Agent | p. 71 |
| Bandits on the Border | p. 79 |
| A Deafening Silence | p. 88 |
| The Myth | |
| The Lost Gold of the Confederacy | p. 95 |
| A Bloody Peace | |
| The Truth | |
| R. King and Co. | p. 105 |
| "Los Gringos Crian Las Vacas Por Mi" | p. 114 |
| The Last Battles | p. 123 |
| The Myth | |
| The Hunters | p. 132 |
| "As I Myself Might Do" | |
| The Truth | |
| Aftermath | p. 141 |
| Winning and Losing | p. 152 |
| The Standard Passes | p. 162 |
| The Myth | |
| The Ghost's Diamond | p. 173 |
| "The Walled Kingdom of Texas" | |
| The Blood of Champions | p. 183 |
| King Ranch, Incorporated | p. 194 |
| The King Ranch International | p. 208 |
| Meanwhile Back at the Ranch | p. 221 |
| Glossary | p. 227 |
| Bibliography | p. 231 |
| Index | p. 233 |
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