Kenedy Ranch

[1] It began as a cattle ranch, but it has found other sources of revenue, including guided hunting and wind farms, due to the changing economy.

Sarita Kenedy East bequeathed a portion of the land and the mansion that she inherited to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), which now operates the Lebh Shomea House of Prayer.

Located on a high sand dune in the Nueces Strip (also called the White Horse Desert) and along the coast of South Texas.

[2][3] The main house was built by Mifflin Kenedy at the highest point on the ranch, 37 feet (11 m) above sea level, which has protected it during hurricanes and coastal floods.

[5][4] At its largest, it was 500,000 acres when Mifflin's son John G. Kenedy consolidated the ranch with other land purchases.

[4] Bunkhouses, a dairy, barns, a blacksmith shop, an ice house, a smokehouse, an elementary school, and a commissary allowed the ranch to be self-sustaining.

To protect the family, gatling guns were installed on the roof of the mansion, and there were underground tunnels if they needed to escape.

Mifflin Kenedy made a fortune ferrying cargo on his steamboats and by purchasing land north of the Rio Grande.

Fathers taught their sons to ride horses, care for cattle, rope, mend fences, and go on weeks-long cow camps.

[8] Jean Baptiste Brétault, a missionary with the Cavalry of Christ, was the first priest to hold mass in the chapel.

There are limits to the number of animals that can be taken by a given hunter, which depends on whether it is deer, quail, nilgai, feral hogs, or turkeys.

The first phase called for 84 wind turbines to operate on land owned by the John G. Kenedy Charitable Trust.

[16] The southern section, about 235,000 acres, is operated by the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, established by East.

[18] In addition, after the death of Sarita Kenedy East, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) was bequeathed around 1,100 acres the main house, chapel, and cemeteries.