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COPYRIGHT 2007 Texas Monthly, Inc.
That's the blueprint name you see for a whole slew of businesses--the implication being, of course, that it falls to the men to ensure survival of a family's trade. But, as you well know, that's hardly been the case at the Thomas Ranch. Given the lasting imprint of its women through several generations, you might say this family business has had more than its share of feminine influences.
It's now been a year since I started writing in the pages of this magazine, and for this, my last installment, I've been reflecting not only on the character of the ranch but also on its future. And I'm struck--particularly as a female rancher--by just how integral the women who live here have been to both. This goes back to my great-grandmother Isabel Yturria, who was the one, if you remember, who took back control of her land inheritance from her brother in the early 1900's. She then passed on part of that ranch to my grandmother Maria Garcia, who eventually passed on...
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