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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…of Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block. Southern Pacific Railroad Announces Rate Increase – 1889 As overstocking increased in the late l880s, Vail and Gates had begun shipping more yearlings and two-year-olds to Warner’s Ranch near San Diego. In fall of 1889, just before the larger ranchers commenced their annual shipments of stock to winter pastures outside Arizona, the Southern Pacific raised its rates to various points in California. Compan…
- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…pire Ranch. Steve took over management of the ranching operations, while Pancho concentrated on his other business interests. Pancho Boice at the wedding of daughter Sherry Bailey Boice, 1973. ERF archives: B350-128a. Pancho Boice Dies – 1973 “Frank Boice, a prominent rancher and former president of the Arizona Cattle Growers Assn., was found dead early Monday in the wreckage of his light plane near here. Bill Davis, association executive secretar…
- 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/…rter section (160 acres) east of the Empire, along Cienega Creek. Empire Ranch and LCNCA landscape, 2016. Photo by Sally Reichardt September 10-16, 1876 – Indian Troubles Hislop writes (9/23/1876): “The Indians are beginning to be a bit troublesome again here. Last week they killed two ranchmen about 20 miles from our ranch and have run off the horses and mules belonging to another ranchman close to us, that is 20 miles southeast of us. It is begi…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…. advertisement. Courtesy of Chronicling America. Tucson’s First Long Distance Phone Call – 1911 Telephone operator, Gradye Drown, placed Tucson’s first long distance telephone call in June, 1911. It was a call “to Los Angeles, for cattleman Banning Vail. The call took several days to arrange and cost Vail $25. ‘We first called Red Rock, then Casa Grande, then Yuma, then El Centro and so on to Los Angeles,’ Drown said in an interview with The Ariz…
- 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/…d then do all their transactions so queerly.” Woodward’s Gardens in San Francisco. Photo: San Francisco Memories A Visit to Woodward’s Gardens Walter wrote to his fiancée, Maggie (6/23/1876), that he Herbert, and Nathan Vail visited Woodward’s Gardens in the Mission District of San Francisco. It was a combination zoo, museum and amusement park. Nathan and Anna Walker Vail Introducing Nathan and Anna Vail Nathan Randolph Vail (1825-1888) was Walter…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…s so well pleased with the year’s increase. I will be glad to get on the ranch once more, Uncle Nathan has decided not to go into Arizona with me but will probably do so sometime in the spring.” Gould’s turkey, a native Arizona wild turkey commonly found in the southern part of the state. Courtesy of the National Park Service. Another Christmas Dinner – December 1877 Hislop wrote of his Christmas dinner plans: “Next week we have to go on the hunt…
- Tour the Cienega Watershed
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2023/04/tour-the-cienega-watershed/…avelStory and select “Tour the Cienega Watershed” to save the tour on your phone. Once you’ve download the app and the tour, no Internet access is needed. The tour includes 21 podcast-style stories that will automatically play at the appropriate location using your phone’s GPS. The route loop includes the Gabe Zimmerman Trailhead (in Vail), Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, the Empire Ranch Headquarters, wildlife viewing and many other feat…
- 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/…ead. Source: ERF archives A410-01 July 20, 1876 – An Aborted Trip to the Rincon Ranch Hislop writes (8/7/1876): Started for the Rincon Ranch at 2 p.m. and lost our way so had to turn back to Tucson, as we could not find any water. If we had camped out we thought our horses would perish and ourselves too, so thought ”Discretion was the better part of valor.” Vail writes (7/20/1876): Since we arrived here Hislop and I have been looking about the cou…
- Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-land-cattle-company-1883-1887/…ounty by Roskruge showing the locations of the Total Wreck Mine, Pantano Ranch, and Happy Valley Ranch. Courtesy Library of Congress. From the Pantano Ranch to the Happy Valley Ranch – August 1884 Maggie continued: “The next morning Walter was busy about Ranch matters, so we did not leave until 1/2:00. Ah [the Chinese cook] left about an hour ahead of us. He looked very picturesque. Harvey, Clark, and Shaw were on horseback. We stopped to water th…
- Cowboy Festival
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/…0-2017) the Festival also showcases Bureau of Land Management and Empire Ranch Foundation’s efforts to preserve the Empire Ranch for future generations. Each year more than 3,000 visitors come to the ranch to enjoy Western heritage demonstrations, arena and livestock exhibits, cowboy cooking and Western entertainment. Plan to Join Us for the 2024 Cowboy Festival – November 2-3, 2024 Click here to view the 2023 program Support the Cowboy Festival B…