Victoria, TX, United States
C. T. Beck Ranch. Born in 1846, Charles Theodore (C. T.) Beck migrated with his parents from their native Germany to the United States in 1851. The family landed at Indianola and made their way to Victoria. Though he was too young to serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, C. T. Beck wor
ked for the cause. After the war he became a cattle driver. His father, Charles (Carl) August Beck (1810-1885) purchased 40 acres near this site for a family homestead in 1862. C. T. Beck married Joha
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