Horses to Ride, Cattle to Cut: The San Antonio Viejo Ranch of Texas

Horses to Ride, Cattle to Cut: The San Antonio Viejo Ranch of Texas by Henry Chappell. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780984063031.

(from dust jacket)In the vast Wild Horse Desert of South Texas lies one of the most storied ranches in the Lone Star State, yet one of the most isolated and remote. The 150,000-acre San Antonio Viejo, carved out of borderland thornscrub and amassed from Spanish land-grant tracts over more than a century, embodies an extraordinary ecosystem and a rich human history known by few.The modern era of San Antonio Viejo began in December 1914 when Tom Timmons East Sr. purchased 23,795 acres of South Texas ranchland and, two months later, married Alice Gerturdis Kleberg of the powerful King Ranch. Today, the family holdings operate as the East Foundation, a working cattle ranch and research preserve.