Later Years
In 1868, King and Kenedy dissolved their ranching partnership, taking 13 months to round up and divide the livestock. King retained the Santa Gertrudis ranch as part of his expanding King ranch while Kenedy purchased the Laureles Ranch, near Corpus Christi. King continued expanding his business operations, investing in the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, packing plants, ice houses, and harbor improvements at Corpus Christi. He is also linked to several filibustering exhibitions in northern Mexico, attempts to seize Mexican territory by force. King also privately funded operations of the Texas rangers, particularly the "Special Force" under Leander H. McNelly, and donated $4,000 for a monument to McNelly upon McNelly's death.
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