A cabin at the visitors center.
The best shot of the main house.
A looong horn cow.
'Lolo' telling his story.
Friday, November 16, 2007
The King Ranch
Well the King Ranch has been toured. I went to the in town museum this morning (no pictures allowed) and this afternoon I went out to the ranch itself. I was a little disappointed because the tour didn't include many photo ops (it's hard to get good pictures out of dusty windows on a moving bus). Guests are put on a bus for a two hour tour of the property and the only stop was about 15 minutes at one of the ranch buildings where we met Alberto 'Lolo' Trevino. He is 4th generation King ranch hand and one of 14 children. He began his cowboy career at age 10 in 1939 and except for 4 years in Houston worked his entire life for the King Ranch. He retired at 70, he's 78 now and comes back once a week to tell his story. They did tell us the ranch is now 825,000 acres, but at one time was over 3 million acres. The main house was impressive and I'm sorry I don't have a better picture. Here are the pictures I managed to get.
A cabin at the visitors center.
The best shot of the main house.
A looong horn cow.
'Lolo' telling his story.
A cabin at the visitors center.The best shot of the main house.A looong horn cow.'Lolo' telling his story.
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Did they mention Savanna anyplace in the museum? Until about 30+ years ago they shipped 1000s of cattle by rail every year to pasture in the summer. And then they would ship them back to Texas in the Fall. Kings owned a few thousand acres up here at one time but I think they have sold it all now.
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