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4WD said:
This one nearby is with the Armour meat folks now - it went from a half million acres down to 32k - but with hundreds of oil wells - thinking the cattle meant allot less …
As for the big statue - rumor has it someone asked why he built the big statue of himself - he said nobody else would ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Pierce_(rancher)

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ne...000 acres of pastureland, rice and row crops.
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Great story! thanks for posting!!

At the age of nineteen, "Shanghai" stowed away on a ship in the New York harbor. He worked for his passage and arrived in Indianola, Texas, five months later without money or a job. He went to work for W. B. Grimes as a ranch hand. By shrewdness, hard work, and rugged determination he became an authority on cattle while working for Grimes.[3] How Pierce acquired the name "Shanghai" is a matter of speculation. J. Frank Dobie reported that it was due to Pierce's resemblance to a banty Shanghai rooster: long-legged and short-panted. Wharton County folklore holds that the name resulted from his ruthless business dealings. Pierce died on December 26, 1900.[4] Pierce, Texas is named for him.[5]
 
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