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Kleberg-Robert Justus
Ford-p. 137-One day Robert and his mother in law rode from the remote ranch
house to the shady spot where Capt. King had first spread a blanket for roundup
picnics. According to family legend he remarked "Here, we will build our town"
Ford-p. 138 Upon Henrietta's death in 1925 the ranch was divided among her
heirs but she stipulated that Robert Kleberg Jr. would serve as trustee of the estate
for ten years.
Lea-p. 571-After the house burned on January 4, 1912 Kleberg wired B. F.
Yoakum in New York in response to his expression of sorrow over the house
burning Kleberg said "They may destroy, they may burn the buildings of Santa
Gertrudis if they will, but the spirit of hospitality and friendship will hang around
her still. Her Gates are open wide and all her friends may enter and none will be
denied. A house of five rooms was built about 50 yards away to be used till the
house was built.
BC-p. 42-The ranch had to deal with lots of wild burros and did not clear them
out until 1923
CC-p. 142-King Ranch first:
First to suggest that the tick caused Texas fever and the first to build to use the
dipping vats.
First to drill artesian wells
First and only to bring to full development of a distinct breed of cattle.
First ranch to provide a range grass that would withstand heat and drought. In
additions to Rhodes, which Kleberg the Elder introduced the management also had
planted and worked with three strains of Yellow Bluestein
First ranch to experiment in phosphorus feeding.
First to abandon the use of barbed wire and to substitute smooth wire fastened to
fence posts without use of stables.
First ranch to use the humane and efficient electric prod
First to develop and use the tree-dozer and knife-rooter to clear mesquite-ridden
land
Frist ranch in all probability to experiment with the propagation of wild game. It is
one of the nation's greates game preserves.
CC-p. 139-Robert Kleberg said "To survive, he said I must make myself more
alive then dead in this country. During his lifetime Robert J. Kleberg, Sr., the lawyer-
son of German immigrants, probably contributed more to the development of South
Texas than any other individual. He was a man of boundless energy and
enthusiasm. He was vigorous, exacting, visionary. His inherited scientific bent led
him to introduce scientific research to the cattle business. He was a railroad builder
and a port builder discovered artesian water which changed the future of the region.
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