{"id":60,"date":"2018-08-20T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T20:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingranch.rhdproofs.com\/?p=60"},"modified":"2024-12-03T10:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T16:22:17","slug":"a-151-year-old-texas-saddle-shop-is-coming-to-citycentre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/king-ranch.com\/a-151-year-old-texas-saddle-shop-is-coming-to-citycentre\/","title":{"rendered":"A 151-Year-Old Texas Saddle Shop Is Coming to CityCentre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Houstonia Magazine<\/em><br \/>\nKing Ranch Saddle Shop debuts its first permanent urban outpost next month.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"c-lead-in\">It all started\u00a0with\u00a0Captain Richard King<\/span>\u00a0in 1853. The New York City runaway-turned-confederate, a prominent steamboat pilot for whom the town of Kingsville is named,\u00a0purchased\u00a0grassland along the Santa Gertrudis Creek in South Texas. The 68,500 acres of \u201ccreek-fed oasis in the Wild Horse Desert\u201d would grow to more than 825,000 today as\u00a0King Ranch, a 160-year-old agribusiness larger than the entire state of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>In the years following the Civil War, King failed to find lightweight, comfortable saddles to his liking, so he hired craftsmen to make them, marking the birth of\u00a0King Ranch Saddle Shop in 1867. The custom saddlery drew cowboys and ranchers from all over, and King\u2019s business eventually grew into more leather goods like luggage, wallets, and other outdoor gear. Goods are still sold today under King\u2019s name through the shop\u2019s flagship location in Kingsville and a seasonal pop-up-turned-year-round venture in College Station. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstoniamag.com\/style-and-shopping\/2018\/08\/king-ranch-saddle-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ FULL ARTICLE<\/a>]\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houstonia Magazine King Ranch Saddle Shop debuts its first permanent urban outpost next month. It all started\u00a0with\u00a0Captain Richard King\u00a0in 1853. The New York City runaway-turned-confederate, a prominent steamboat pilot for whom the town of Kingsville is named,\u00a0purchased\u00a0grassland along the Santa Gertrudis Creek in South Texas. The 68,500 acres of \u201ccreek-fed oasis in the Wild Horse Desert\u201d would grow to more &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/king-ranch.com\/a-151-year-old-texas-saddle-shop-is-coming-to-citycentre\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A 151-Year-Old Texas Saddle Shop Is Coming to CityCentre - King Ranch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/king-ranch.com\/a-151-year-old-texas-saddle-shop-is-coming-to-citycentre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A 151-Year-Old Texas Saddle Shop Is Coming to CityCentre - King Ranch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Houstonia Magazine King Ranch Saddle Shop debuts its first permanent urban outpost next month. 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