Search Results for: cheap airline tickets to st croix phone number 1-800-299-7264
- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…-012 GAC Ready to Start – 1972 “GAC Properties, Inc., of Arizona Is only a step away from starting its proposed 32,000-acre Empire Ranch satellite city in southern Pima County, according to Jim Dudley, the firm’s information director. After water, sewage and garbage disposal plans are cleared through the Arizona Health Department, the company plans to begin constructing the main road, Empire Ranch Boulevard, the utilities, a community recreation c…
- 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/…2/1876): “Various opinions prevail as to the comparative success of the Feast of St. Augustine, now in progress. The feast will be apt to continue till tomorrow evening – perhaps longer. On Thursday evening there was a very interesting balloon ascension. Everything goes on peaceably and orderly.” View of Empire Ranch from northwest, Mustang Mountains in the background, 1880s. ERF archives: A530-08 September 1-9, 1876 – Empire Ranch Expansion Begin…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…, 10/4/1925] The house was designed by famed Tucson architect, Henry C. Trost, still stands, and is located at 340 N. Main, Tucson. Corporal Claude Wells on the Yuma bridge, 1924. Courtesy of Adolph Spanghel Collection. Hoof & Mouth Disease – 1924-1926 In February 1924 an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in several northern California counties led to strict quarantine actions to protect the Arizona beef industry. The quarantine did not just affe…
- 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, New Jersey in mid-1875 to make his fortune in the American West. His first stop was Virginia City, Nevada where he worked as a time keeper for a mine. On November 11, 1875 he wrote of his plans to go into the sheep business in Arizona: “I have heard so many different reports that I have decided to go and examine for myself. A young man by the name of McCartney…is going with me.” A month later (12/11/1875) Vail wrote: I just returned yesterday f…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…and though it is nicer to have a clear conscience, it is hard to see your stock stolen and able to do nothing. My first impressions of the country and its people were that they were dishonest to the backbone, as long as they can make money they do not mind how dishonestly they get it. Such a thing as “honour” is unknown, but they are called in this country “smart” men.” Note the location of the initial 160 acres purchased by the partners. The Emp…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…the cattle away from us a short distance, and not long after we had the worst stampede of the whole trip. Tom and I jumped on our horses without stopping to dress and we finally got most of the steers together, but as it was still very dark we could not tell whether we had them all or not. As soon as we had the cattle quieted, we made a fire and put on our clothes. We were nearly frozen. Section of 1887 Railroad and county map of Arizona by George…
- Tour the Cienega Watershed
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2023/04/tour-the-cienega-watershed/…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 features along Hwy. 83 ending (or beginning) in Sonoita. And you don’t even have to drive through the watershe…
- 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/…rk. This man was making 2 pounds a day at it and the night before he had just lost $100 – 20 pounds – at gambling but did not seem to mind it at all.” 1870s section of the Empire Ranch House, 1880s. ERF archives: A413-1e July 31, 1876 – Last Day at Fish’s Ranch Hislop writes (8/7/1876): “The night before we left we killed a lamb and had a regular feast.” Stone Avenue, Tucson, 1880. Source: Wikipedia August 1, 1876 – Back to Tucson Hislop writes (8…
- Cowboy Festival
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/…November, is the Foundation’s annual public event celebrating Arizona’s Western history and culture. Previously called the Roundup & Open House (2000-2017) 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 Weste…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…hand-dug sometime between 1935-1940. Its bottom had a shallow slope from west to east, and was six to eight feet deep at the east end where it drained. A small concrete-block shed at the southeast corner of the pool housed the filter machinery. The pool was drained every year and the walls re-plastered before it was re-filled with water. Empire Ranch children and their neighbors all enjoyed the pool during the summer months. The pool was back-fill…