Ranching Heritage: A Family Business

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READ MORE ABOUT RANCHING HISTORY IN TEXAS…

Cattle ranching has been a major Texas industry for nearly three centuries. As early as the 1690s the Spaniards brought in stock with their entradas. Ranching as such dates from the 1730s, when herds were loosed along the San Antonio River to feed missionaries, soldiers, and civilians in the San Antonio and Goliad areas (Handbook of Texas). Meet the Nail, Kleberg, and Montgomery families as they share their family history of ranching in Texas.

 

BUCKY + JAMIE NAIL

Jamie and Bucky Nail of the Nail Ranch, Shackelford County, Texas speak about their ranching operations, the history of the Nail family in Shackelford County, and why they continue the ranching tradition in the next generation.

 

ROBERT + SUSAN MONTGOMERY

Robert and Susan Montgomery speak about Ranching, Raising a Family in a rural area, the history of the Elliott Family in Shackelford County, Texas, and the Fort Griffin Fandangle.

 

HELEN KLEBERG GROVES

Helen Kleberg Groves speaks about Ranching, the King and Kleberg families, Silverbrook Ranch, and the roles she has taken on as a woman working on ranches.

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Home on the Range

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Home on the Range


Summer of 2014 at The Grace Museum is a celebration of the art and history of Central West Texas, an often mislabeled 200,000+ square mile area of the Lone Star State. The region’s 22 sparsely populated counties share a 19th and early 20th century history as an important concourse for indigenous people, ranchers, farmers and merchants. Artwork by important artists who documented early impressions of the area, historic photographs, oral histories and rarely-seen artifacts from private and public collections reveal a cherished historical link to the past that still exists in the area.