El Realito Peninsula

USA / Texas / Laguna Vista /
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Coordinates:   26°15'7"N   97°18'31"W

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  • Who lives at the tip of this realito peninsula this place is very hidden from the rest of the valley?
  • The Cullen house near SPI is actually a 14,000 sq/ft Hacienda. The building located off the water is actually a small marina...with 4-5 boat lifts. It has a very large multi-car garage. There is a classic 1970's Ford bronco (customized) in the bay next to the backup generator with a bottle opener on the tailgate. Since it is a true Hacienda, the entire house must remain climate-controlled or the contents will mildew....therefore the house must remain at a constant 72 F. It has 9 bedrooms (if memory serves). Each bedroom is named after a common South Texas animal...like La Paloma (dove)...and each has it's own bathroom that is decoratively tiled in the animal for which it is named. The main door to the house (from the courtyard) is very large hardwood that was salvaged from a mission in old Mexico. As you walk in you will find a suit of armor (authentic I assume). It also (the house) boasts a quite impressive wine cellar. As you drive up to the house...there is a statue of a cow with paintings of oil wells on it. Written near the cow's udders are the words "Texas Milk". The Ranch Foreman's name is Lou Powell. He lives on the other end of the ranch in a 7,500 sq/ft Hacienda. Hugh Roy Cullen (google him) was an oil Tycoon...who further developed the Tom O'Connor oil field (Port O'Connor). Aside from personal assets/royalties/holdings, their corporate legacy exists as a holding/shell firm known as Quintana Petroleum Corporation.
  • Read the book "The Big Rich" the Cullens are one of the four families featured along with the Richardson/Bass family, Hunts, and Murchisons. Roy Cullen was really good at going into old fields or poor producers and figuring out haow to make them producers.
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