Location: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center
Caesar Kleberg was truly a pioneer conservationist. While earlier conservation figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir, found fame on the national stage,
Mr. Caesar’s vision first took root in South Texas. It was on the King Ranch, at his beloved Norias, where Mr. Caesar, as he was fondly called, laid the foundation for a wildlife conservation program which would become his lasting legacy.
Caesar Kleberg was born in 1873 in Cuero, Texas. Upon graduation from the Cuero schools, he attended St. Edwards University in Austin. It was from here that he wrote several letters confirming that his love was not that of an “indoor nature.” Caesar left Austin for Washington, D.C., where he worked as his father’s congressional secretary. His father, Rudolph Kleberg, served as a Democrat in Congress from 1897 to 1903.
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