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Robert Kleberg, Sr.
Rancher
Age: 79 | 1853 - 1932          Induction Year: 1999

Located at:
Main St North of Exchange Ave

The son of Prussian immigrants who settled in Texas in the republic’s first year. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1880 and practiced law in Corpus Christi. When his client, King Ranch founder Richard King died in 1885, King’s widow asked Kleberg to run the ranch. He married their daughter Alice King and guided the ranches growth to worldwide fame for 47 years.

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