Published May 2, 2004 12:00AM
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News for Adventurous Travelers, February 1997
Horns of Plenty
Bull stats on the great King Ranch By Paul Kvinta Nothing is so quintessentially Texas as King Ranch. It’s big. It’s swaggering. It’s full of red meat. And, for those traveling to south Texas, it’s ubiquitous, sprawling across 90 miles of the coast. To help while away the time required to cross it, here are a few facts about the world’s largest operating cattle ranch: Acreage of King Ranch: 825,000 Acreage of Rhode Island: 776,960 Head of cattle on King Ranch: 60,000 Employees at King Ranch: 300 Horses at King Ranch: 300 Windmills: 350 Helicopters: 1 Occupied dwellings: 181 Fireplaces in Main House: 26 Bedrooms in Main House: 16 Residents of Main House: 0 Miles of patented King Ranch Wire Mesh fencing: enough to stretch from Corpus Christi to Boston Percentage of American males who could get a Quarter Pounder were the ranch’s whole herd sold: 100 Main ingredient of the official King Ranch Casserole: chicken Name of ranch’s national champion quarter horse: Peppy San Badger Nickname since beginning his stud career: “just Peppy” Cowboy hats at King Ranch: few. “Our cowboys wear baseball caps.” |