Show CO CONGRESSMAN'S RANCH BIG AS SO SOME IE STATES Imagine a man owning a parcel o oland of land larger than a state stale Well Richand Richard Rich Rich- ard and M. M Kleberg new representative from Texas does His acre ranch which extends for an unbroken miles or Ol more along the Gulf Gul takes in seven Texas counties countie Known as the King ranch it affords grazin grazing ground for head of oC cattle and Before the depression was valued a at More than 70 years ears ago Henrietta Chamberlain Representative Klc Kle bergs berg's grandmother arrived a at Brownsville with her father the thc Rev Ret J. J T T. Chamberlain a Presbyterian missionary There she met and married mar mar- ried ned Richard King a young yount and adventurous adventurous ad ad- venturous steamboat captain In those days das land was cheap and cattle could be rounded up at little cost Thus the thc Kings gradually increased increased in in- creased their holdings until they had hac had so much property they had to call ou out out the he Twenty sixth l infantry to protect it t from Mexican l rebel attacks Mrs King built the palace-like palace marble anc and concrete rancho often otten called the finest farmhouse in America She died in 1925 at the age of or 93 The Thc capital of this private state states is s a thriving thi-iving town ton of ot souls souls souls- KIngsville in Kleberg count county Lo Lo- in the thc approximate center of the he great ranch the thc city was Caplain Captain Cap- Cap lain ain and Mrs Kings King's especial interest and nd in that section is known as the Garden of Eden There are modem modern mod mod- em ern schools stores and business places The city owns its own owl electric plant and waterworks with a combined value aluc of nearly a 1 million The Thc railroad rail mil ro road cad d depot alone cost |