Ricardo Ranch Fiberglass Horse -- Kingsville TX
N 27° 25.395 W 097° 51.187
14R E 613363 N 3033838
The fiberglass horse on top of an oil derrick at Ricardo Ranch and Feed in Kingsville, TX.
Waymark Code: WMF8Z3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2012
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People think more about cattle in Kingsville -- after all, the famous Santa Gertrudis and Santa Rosa breeds were developed on the King Ranch. The history of this world-famous iconic ranch began when Capt. Richard King and his partner Mifflin Kenedy bought all the longhorn cattle in the Mexican village of Cruillas, intending to drive them all north to his ranch in Texas. Realizing that without the cattle the villagers would starve, Capt. King brought them too. These folks became the famed Kinenos, vaqueros of the King Ranch.
With all the cattle history in Kingsville, folks need to be reminded that it's not all about the moo. The King Ranch bred several famous racehorses in the 1940s and 50s: 1946 US Triple Crown winner Assault and 1950 Kentucky Derby winner Middleground. The King Ranch also raised Wimpy P-1, the first quarter horse registered with the American Quarter Horse Association.
This horse has a humbler purpose than the famed horses of the King Ranch - to advertise a local feed store. However, he is still noble, and worthy of waymarking.
Physical Address:
112 Wagner St
Kingsville, TX US
78363
Web site: [Web Link]
Horses Name: According to the store clerk, the horse doesn't have a name
Background Story:
The owner decided he needed an eye-catching display to set his feed store apart from the numerous others in the area. Since cattle, horses, and oil are big parts of gthe economy in Texas -- the horse on the oil derrick was born.
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