The ranch didn't have to rely on springs and other natural sources to water their cattle with, they just used windmills as a source of energy to pump water to stock tanks for their cattle to drink from.
Yes, it stopped open range and kept the cattle in the ranch.
King Ranch was created in 1853.
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King Ranch...The King Ranch is a 825,000 acres (3,340 km2; 1,289 sq mi).
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King Ranch is the biggest ranch in Texas.
King Ranch is 825,000 acres. king ranch in Texas is, or was 1.2 million acres, 1300 square miles.
James Clement is a 5th generation family member of the King Ranch and he serves as Chairman of the Board of King Ranch, Inc.
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King ranch in south Texas, largest in Texas and the USA, but not in the world - as is often claimed In fact the largest ranch - or cattle station as it is locally called is in Australia. Anna Creek Station, well known as the biggest Australian cattle station: this station in the Outback of South Australia covers 6,000,000 acres, or 34,000 km2. (Belgium by comparison is just over 30,000 km2, and the biggest American ranch is about 6,000 km2.) Makes the King ranch look a little small really.
Robert J. Kleberg - King Ranch - died in 1932.