they called him padre bali, and the island was named after him. he got padre island. he split it with his nephew. what they started doing over 200 years ago was cattle ranching. that is how it started out with his name. it actually did very well for him and his nephew. once he passed away, the land that was his was split between his other relatives. so his nephew and other relatives would have most of the island to ranch on. eventually they would sell it bit by bit by bit. the island went through many hands. it stayed mostly a cattle ranch. here i am on a huge prarpey. over the dunes there is the gulf of mexico. but we have all these great grass lands here. eventually the land ended up mostly in the hands of a man named patrick dunn. this was in the 1870 when that really got started. the story of patrick dunn is a pretty amazing one. he was born in corpus christi in 1858. in his teenage years he started being a cowboy. he was working for different cattle ranches and he loved it. he new it was his way of life. but there was something that was invented and started reall

they called him padre bali, and the island was named after him.e got a spanish land-grant and he got padre island. he split it with his nephew. what they started doing over 200 years ago was cattle ranching. that is how it started out with his name. it actually did very well for him and his nephew. once he passed away, the land that was his was split between his other relatives. so his nephew and other relatives would have most of the island to ranch on. eventually they would sell it bit by bit by bit. the island went through many hands. it stayed mostly a cattle ranch. here i am on a huge prarpey. over the dunes there is the gulf of mexico. but we have all these great grass lands here. eventually the land ended up mostly in the hands of a man named patrick dunn. this was in the 1870 when that really got started. the story of patrick dunn is a pretty amazing one. he was born in corpus christi in 1858. in his teenage years he started being a cowboy. he was working for different cattle ranches, and he loved it. he new it was his way of life. but the