| 词汇 | king ranch |
| 词源 | King Ranch. The biggest of the cattle ranches. Started in 1851 by Irish immigrant Richard King who by the end of the 19th century owned over 1 million acres on the Texas Gulf Coast. Today the King Ranch is over 1.25 million acres, half the area of Delaware. At one time a Texas ranch called XIT (after its brand) covered 3 million acres. |
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