Located in
the tiny southern town of Sarita, just 20 miles
south of Kingsville, is the Kenedy Ranch Museum
of South Texas. Inside the beautifully restored
building of the Kenedy Pasture Company, visitors
learn about Mifflin Kenedy and his family, and how
their lives were interwoven with the history of
what was the untamed land known as the Wild Horse
Desert.
Mifflin Kenedy and his
friend and business partner, Richard King, first
found wealth as steamboat captains on the Rio
Grande. After the Civil War, they invested in
land, thousands of acres of South Texas land.
For the next 100 years, the Kenedy name would
be significantly involved in every aspect of the
economic development of south Texas - ranching,
railroads, land development and oil.
Tour the South Texas Museum and hear the story
of three generations of Kenedys that played such
an important role in South Texas history and whose
lasting legacy of philanthropy continues to benefit
Texans today.
Kenedy Ranch Museum
of South Texas
200 East La Parra Ave.
P.O. Box 70
Sarita, Texas 78385
Phone 361.294.5751
