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Article: A spread fit for a King. (Richard King's King Ranch in Texas)
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- November 1, 1993
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Tour a Texas ranch bigger than Rhode Island
LAND AND LIVESTOCK have a way of increasing in value," declared Richard King in the mid-1800s. King, a steamboat captain turned South Texas rancher, parlayed his belief in acreage and animals into an enterprise that would become the largest and most famous ranch in the West.
Today, you can visit his living legacy, King Ranch. Guided tours, in the comfort of an air-conditioned van, take visitors through acres of grass and past herds of steers and wild deer.
Ranch employees serve as narrators on the 1 1/2-hour, 12-mile-long tour, and they're well versed in the ranch's history and impressive statistics. You'll ...