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Photography • Transportation • posted on Jan 29, 2016

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Richard King was born in 1824 in New York City and was a riverboat captain, entrepreneur, and the founder of the King Ranch in South Texas, which at the time of his death in 1885 encompassed over 825,000 acres (3,340 km2). By 1846 King had traveled to Texas and joined the rebellion against Mexico where he piloted a riverboat ferrying supplies to the Texas rebels. By 1854 King began acquiring land along the San Gertrudis Creek in the area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. When King died, Robert Justus Kleberg, Sr. took over the management of the ranch. He and his wife, Alice King Kleberg had five children. In 1953 Robert Kleberg, Jr. had succeeded his father and set into motion a plan, in partnership with the Braga family in Cuba, to raise Santa Gertrudis cattle on a large ranchero near the town of Camaguey. The experiment was a great success until January 1, 1959, when Fidel Castro overthrew the Batista regime and confiscated all capitalist holdings on the island. The ranch’s manager, an American named Lowell Tash was held in jail for three weeks before being allowed to leave the country. He brought with him the clothes he was wearing. Some of the Santa Gertrudis herd later wound up in Georgia (the Soviet Union, not the American south). When Bob Kleberg heard about this, he was furious. Today the King Ranch still raises cattle but has also become a stop along the tourist route in Southern Cuba. Here you can see the welcoming committee holding the U.S. and Cuban flags as well as the flag of the Cuban and American tourist companies.

Comments (12)

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SunriseGirl

12:24PM | Fri, 29 January 2016

What interesting info. Thanks for sharing the photo and story. :)

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Faemike55

1:22PM | Fri, 29 January 2016

great history lesson
cool photo

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Cyve

3:07PM | Fri, 29 January 2016

Very great capture my friend !!!

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durleybeachbum

3:19PM | Fri, 29 January 2016

Fascinating, and a very colourful party!

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ArtistKimberly

4:21PM | Fri, 29 January 2016

Delightfully Wonderful Work,

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sandra46

5:58PM | Fri, 29 January 2016

SUPERLATIVE PHOTO AND STORY!

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anahata.c

12:17PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

another fascinating tale from you, and typical of the grand pastiche of human tales that make up a country as rich as Cuba. And the photo is a terrific "capper" to the tale, not because it resolves any of the conflicts in the tale, but because it shows the latest generation glowing in a very bold light with a composition to boot. Oddly, this beautifully-lit image has its faces in shadow, as if they carry the history with them; so it's got ambiguity along with its brightness. As a pageant-like image, it's bold and forward; and you've handled the light and composition beautifully, showing once more that these photos are more than the center of your narratives; they're fine photos in their own right. A beautiful presentation image, with wonderful light, and once again you've drawn me into a completely strange slice of life and made it alive for me.

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blondeblurr

11:55PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

Interesting info on those Santa Gertrude's beef cattle - who would have thunk it ? LOL

Just one little crit on those guys sitting on the horses, they seem or appear to be a bit too big and a little top-heavy to be riding such small horses ???

Addendum to the above, which was posted on the 29th... here we go - it's the 31st of Jan...

My son has just informed me, about the quarter horse breed in the US ! IMHO - it was no critisism about the girt of the riders, I personally don't care, what size people are, whether they are tall, small, black, white, skinny or overweight; my main concern was with the scale of the riders - compared to the horses, I will always feel very sorry for them, having to carry a big load, which seems an unfair advantage,(because I love most animals) it seems a type of horse more suitable for small children - but as I don't own or ride horses, I could be misinterpreting the situation here - but I would appreciate or like to hear from anybody, who can tell me any different ?

Cheers

Cheers BB

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