King Ranch
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The King Ranch is the largest ranch in the United States, comprising some 825,000 acres. It is mainly a cattle ranch, but has also produced racehorses.
Santa Gertrudis cows and calves
Example of a King Ranch; a Ford F-250 (2005–2007)
Santa Gertrudis School in 1987
Santa Gertrudis cattle
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The Santa Gertrudis is an American breed of beef cattle. It is a taurine-indicine hybrid breed, descended from both zebu and European cattle. It was bred in the early twentieth century in Texas, and r
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…well adapted to thrive in South Texas' hot climate; they were crossed with the ranch's Beef Shorthorns to produce the ranch's own trademark stock—the Santa Gertrudis cattle, which were recognized as a breed in 1940. Lea portrays King's purchase of the Ranch as motivated by his wooing of Henrietta Maria Morse Chamberlain…
Santa Gertrudis Mother and Calf
Bull at Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia