Before the pandemic struck, a bus tour through the former King Ranch west of Unionville was planned for August 20. Instead, Kathleen Hood is going to give a talk about the history of the ranch, entitled "Riding with Cowboys, Cattle, and Kings." It will be broadcast on the Oxford Area Historical Association's Facebook page from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15.
Interest in the King Ranch is so high that a bus tour in the summer of 2019 was not only sold out but also had a waiting list of 600 people. The tour, which featured stories by two former cowboys, Kenny Young and Rocky Dillow, included stops at Springdell, Chapel Road, the feed lots, the former ranch office, and the West Marlborough township building in the village of Doe Run.
Kathleen Hood has written "Echoes in the Glen," a book about St. Malachi Catholic Church in Londonderry Township, and has spent the past several years interviewing former cowboys at the King Ranch for another book.
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