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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…re we could eat it. Carter was said to know the desert well and I tried to hire him as a guide and offered him $20 a day to show us where the water was on the desert. He said, “He had not been out there for some time. Sometimes there was plenty of water out there and often no water as it depended entirely on whether there had been rain.” We decided that Mr. Carter was probably right about the water on the desert and what we saw afterwards confirme…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…and they were sort of having a cigarette and coffee, and all of a sudden, this thing went off, just ha-room! You’ve never heard such an explosion! Well, that was the signal to begin the fireworks. And then they shot off all these… And it was just terrific.” [Dusty Vail Ingram oral history, 1993] Dusty Vail at 16 months of age, 1916. ERF archives: A061-1. Laura Perry Vail Born – 1914 Laura Perry Vail was born on December 2, 1914 in Tucson. Named af…
- The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/the-partners-meet-and-prepare-to-travel-to-arizona-june-july-4-1876/…sel. Pink wing flying fish. Source: Wikipedia Aboard a Pacific Coast Steamship Hislop writes about the voyage to Los Angeles: “While at sea we saw seals and sea lions, a school of whales, some about 75 feet long which came pretty close to the steamer, and some flying fish. These are most peculiar things, having gauze wings like a dragon-fly and sometimes fly a long way. I saw one fly 40 yards. It was about 1 1/2 pounds weight. The waters of the P…
- Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/…rn on February 10, 1953. He was known as Grant. Pancho and Sherry Boice’s third child, Sherry Bailey Boice, was born on December 15, 1953. Norman Hinman on horseback in California, 1950. ERF archives: B406-105 Norman Hinman – 1953 Norman Hinman worked as a cowhand for the Boice family for four months (May-August) in 1953. He had finished one year of college in California when he decided to do some travelling. Norman had worked several years for th…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…Madani. B430-113. Fred Tait Boice Was Born – 1930 Henry G. and Margaret’s third child, Fred Tait Boice, was born April 8, 1930 in Los Angeles, CA. He was named after his maternal grandfather. Arivaca Ranch House, 1950s. Richard Schaus. Arivaca Ranch Purchased – 1930 “Sale of the famous Arivaca ranch, comprising 300,000 acres, located in Pima and Santa Cruz counties, to Boice Brothers, well known Arizona ranch and stock owners, for a sum approximat…
- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…often feel like the old timer did when asked if he’d seen many changes in his lifetime. His response was ‘Yes sir, sonny and I was against every dang one of them.’ We cannot ignore the fact that changes are being made. We can influence those changes and we better speak up…” He concluded that “we must work to achieve results beneficial to all.” [Adele Conover, A First Family—the Boices, 2006] Empire Ranch cattle entering the shipping corral, 1971….
- Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-ranch-is-purchased-and-the-hard-work-begins-august-december-1876/…o the number of twenty-five, recently followed the trail of the stock and thieves, thinking first it might lead to San Carlos, but it led directly to New Mexico, and they followed it to east of the San Simon valley, near the New Mexican line, and were obliged to give up the chase without recovering any stock or punishing any Indians. They are much discouraged and if not afforded more adequate protection, will soon have to abandon their homes which…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/…e horse and Interfering with the work. Mr. Boice approached the man, asked him his business and when he found that the fellow bad simply taken possession of a horse, peremptorily ordered him to get off the horse, and get out of the way. The man resented this and after a few words had passed between them, he swung off his horse and struck down Mr. Boice with a knife. The knife entered Mr. Boice’s right side and made big wound in his chest. Mr. Bolc…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…eep does everything he can to annoy us. Harvey and Hislop had trouble with him while I was away and he does not leave a stone unturned to annoy us, he pretends to think a great deal of me but I well know he would steal the last cent I had in the world. He has commenced to run his sheep up on our range for no other reason than to scatter our cattle, but I intend to stay with him. As they say in A. T. and as long as I am here, I don’t intend to be i…
- The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/the-search-for-the-right-ranch-july-14-august-22-1876/…about 100 yds. from our sleeping place, and taking away his rattle we left him behind and journeyed on, reaching the ranch at 8 a.m. where we had some curds for breakfast and then started for a ride round the ranch, which took us 4 hours to go over about 10 miles of it as it was very hilly and rocky. On my return I acted as doctor as there was a Mexican woman ill with fever and I gave her a dose of Pyretic Saline and then a hot cup of tea afterwar…