Letters to Alice: Birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch Dynasty

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Index Page numbers in italics refer to photographs. Abbott, Emma, 112, 166n83 Abbott English Opera Company, 112–13 Adamses (in “King-Kenedy Excursion to Laredo”), 23 “Advice to a Lady” (Lyttelton), 57 Agua Dulce Creek, 47 Agua Dulce Ranch. See Rancho Puerta de Agua Dulce. Alabama River, 9 Allen, Professor (tutor at King Ranch), 16 Alvarado, Ramon, 122 Alvarado, Victor, 29 Andres (vaquero), 101 Aransas Pass, Texas, 121, 168n90 Armstrong, John B., 143 artesian wells, 142, 143 Ashbrook, Pearl “Lizzie,” (King), 17, 31, 33, 37 Assault (Thoroughbred), 152 Atwood, Major E. B., 31, 69 Atwood, Henrietta (Nettie) Maria, 31, 69, 82, 130, 131. See also King, Henrietta Maria (Nettie). Ballí, Corina, 33 barbed wire fences, 18, 151 Bayard, Senator Thomas F., 59 Blucher, Charley, 96 Blucher, Felix, 96 Bohemian Girl (opera by Balfe & Bunn), 113 Brownsville, Texas: cotton trains to, 98; Judge Ezekiel Turner in, 166n84; Jim Wells law practice in, 25, 77; King ice business in, 33; Kings marry in, 13; Louis De Planque in, 59; Mifflin Kenedy and Company in, 54; railroad to bypass connection to, 20; Richard King and Mifflin Kenedy leave, 6; Richard King travels to, 32; Robert Kleberg, Sr., on business to, 78, 82; Stephen Powers dies in, 24; Yturria family in, 100 Brownsville Times, 82 Burke, Dr. T. S., 77 Caldwell, E. H., 143 Campbell & Givens law firm, 30 Cantu, Julian, 122 Carancahua Street (Corpus Christi), 27, 135 Carlota, Empress of Mexico (wife of Maximilian), 27 Carroll, Charles, 63, 163n43 Carson, Thomas, 96, 100, 143 180 Index Caruthers, Leonora. See Mrs. G. W. Fulton, Jr. Caruthers, W. P., 57, 162n35; Harlan Committee, 121, 168n90; letter to Alice King, 74–75; possible suitor of Alice King, 58, 63 cat hunt, 58, 62, 162n34 Cat Spring, Texas, 3, 5 Centre Presbyterian College, Danville, Kentucky, 16 Chamberlain, Bland, 16; death, 25; widow of, 29 Chamberlain, Edwin, 16, 52 Chamberlain, Henrietta: in Brownsville, 11; daughter of Presbyterian minister , 10; description of, 10; engaged to R. N. Stansbury, 13; married Richard King, 13; meeting Richard King, 12; Mifflin Kenedy introduces Richard King to, 12; schooling, 11; surrogate mother of younger siblings, 11. See also King, Henrietta Chamberlain. Chamberlain, Hiram, Jr., 16 Chamberlain, Reverend Hiram, 12–13, 16, 150 Chamberlain Park cemetery, 150 Chamberlain, William (Willie), 16, 40, 77 Chandler, Reverend S. E., 150 Chapman, Helen, 29–30 Chapman, William B., 30 Chapman, Major William Warren, 30 Civil War, 6, 17, 27, 30, 98, 112, 129, 164n61,166n73, 168n99 Clark, Jap, 122 Cleveland, Grover, 58–59 Cocke, J. J., 80 Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company, 92, 165n67 Coleto Creek, 3 Coleto Creek school, 3 Collins Exposition, 74–75 Collins, N. G., 40, 43; trial vs Richard King, 38–39, 44–45 Collins Station, Texas, 7, 45, 132, 157n1, 169n114 Colonel Cross (steamboat), 11–12 Colonels Daughter, or, Winning His Spurs (novel), 84 Colorado Springs, Colorado, 141 Concrete Academy, 5–6 Corpus Christi Caller: formation of, 27, 57; reports from: Alice King’s suitor, possible identity of, 50, 64; birth of Richard King III, 72; Collins law suit, 39; death of Alice Kleberg , 151; Henrietta King, Richard King II, Pearl Lizzie Ashbrook visit, 33; Mifflin Kenedy and Perry Doddridge leave for San Antonio, 82; Mifflin Kenedy unwell, 108; Richard King and Alice in town, 29; Richard King’s illness, 77; Richard King’s death, 82; Robert Kleberg, Sr., W. W. McGregor, Samuel Lackey move, 72; Lackey, Stayton & Kleberg law firm change name, 40; law firm advertising in, 27; marriage of Kleberg– King, 122; W. W. McGregor at Puerta and illness, 111; moving of King monument, 84; Myrtle club, 72; visitors to city, 40 Corpus Christi fever. See yellow fever. Corpus Christi National Bank, 125 Corpus Christi, San Diego, and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad, 125 Corpus Christi, Texas: Alice, Robert, Henrietta visit, 127; Alice visits, 27; area west of called La Puerta de Agua Dulce, 47; businesses and churches, 24; W. P. Caruthers establishes newspaper in, 57; community thriving, 19–20; Louis de Planque moves to, 59; Perry Dod- 181 Index dridge, merchant and banker of, 54; Robert Driscoll, Jr., president of Corpus Christi National Bank, 125; George P. Finlay, city attorney of, 129; Mifflin Kenedy to build home, 24; Petra Kenedy dies, 77–78; Capt. and Mrs. King visit, 76; Henrietta King’s house in, 140; Henrietta King bought oysters in, 14; Richard King bought honeymoon carriage in, 13; Richard King II visits, 105; Richard King II’s children visit...