History
The Ranch is named for Daniel J. Moran, who was chairman of Continental Oil Company (later to become Conoco, Inc.). He owned the 6,800-acre (28 km2) ranch from 1935 until his death in 1948; Presbyterians purchased the ranch in 1949, the year after his death, for $512,500. Eventually the State of Texas bought 6,500 acres (26 km2) of the ranch from the Presbyterians, and later expanded that portion with additional purchase of adjacent land. That land is now the Kerr County Wildlife Management Area, administered by the Texas Parks & Wildlife. Now the entire Mo-Ranch covers 500 acres (2.0 km2).
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