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  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …y well together, both having the same tastes and likings.” (Hislop letter 7/3/1876) At the Cliff House. Source: Library of Congress Hislop’s Impressions of San Francisco Hislop writes ( 7/3/1876): “You can go out every day without an umbrella for months and see a sky as perfect as a sky can be, there is always a delicious breeze from the bay, the only disadvantage of this is that the sand blows about so and gets in your eyes. We took a trip from S…

  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …ge” and purchased 200 tons of hay to fatten his cattle. [Tucson Citizen, 10/6/1888]. He also began to look for property in California. In 1888 he and a new partner, Carroll W. Gates, leased the 26,700-acre Warner Ranch in San Diego County. View a summary of the forces at work in Arizona ranching here. Carroll W. Gates, 1909. ERF archives: A540-009 Carroll W. Gates (1860-1920) Carroll Gates was born in New York in 1860 and moved at an early age wit…

  • The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
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    …ives A530-42 July 14, 1876 – The Search for a Ranch Begins Hislop writes (8/7/1876): “Rested and just looked round the town for horses to buy, but did not succeed. Had more offers of ranches, it is astonishing how quickly one’s business is known in a small place like this. Everybody has the best to sell. It is quite amusing to hear them talk and hear them contradict each other, running down each other as thieves and rascals, but we have our money…

  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
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    …to use a wet gunny sack and a flapper, as did the whole community.” [http://sefd911.org/sam-frazier/] Holdings of the two ranches. Chiricahua Ranches Limited Partnership Dissolved – 1951 On December 31, 1951 the Chiricahua Ranches Limited Partnership was dissolved. Henry and Margaret Boice became the sole owners of the Arivaca Ranch and Frank and Mary Boice became the sole owners of the Empire Ranch using the corporate name of Empire Cattle Compa…

  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …Dec 2016, p. 2 Departed Friend: Jane Collie Woods, Sep 2016 p. 2 Spring Trail Ride on April 2, 2016, Loyal to the Brand Award, Alison Bunting, June 2016, p. 1 Catie Fenn Retires, June 2016, p. 2 CWP Wall of Honor, Jeff Simms and Alison Bunting, June 2016, p. 2 Departed Friend: Marion Hyland, Mar 2016, p. 3 Departed Friends: Bob and Mary Bowman, Mar 2016, p. 2 Welcome Melissa, Nov 2015, p. 2 Welcome, Bobbie, Farewell, Ali, Aug 2015, p. 2 Departed F…

  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …ed more pleasant than right in town.” The next week the Citizen reported (9/2/1876): “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, 188…

  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
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    …nt and the Congress and which was written into law.” [Arizona Daily Star, 4/4/1956] Pancho (l) and Bob Boice (r), 1960s. ERF archives: B203-28 Empire and Slash S Ownership and Operations – 1956 After Frank Boice’s death the ownership of the two ranches changed. The Empire ownership became 50% Mary Boice, 25%, Pancho Boice, and 25% Bob Boice. The Slash S ownership was 50% Pancho Boice and 50% Bob and Miriam Boice. Pancho managed the day-to-day oper…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …ls and parks, governmental buildings and hospitals.” [Arizona Daily Star, 7/1/1970]. The concern about GAC’s methods for selling lots were prompted by its aggressive marketing efforts including: ”Millions of vacation “tickets” to the Tucson-Nogales area are being distributed throughout the United States by GAC Properties of Arizona as part of a new sales promotion program… the tickets offer an opportunity for visitors to see the company’s Rio Rico…

  • Christmas at the Empire Ranch
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    …clay jewelry) Renewal by Andersen (custom built energy efficient windows and doors) Sahuarita Community 4-H Club Sierra Sweets LLC (Freeze Dried Candy) Sonoita Rodeo Royalty Susan’s Miniatures (Western themed ornaments, regional specific ornaments, regional specific onesies) Timothy Holmes (Paintings) Western Creations (Native art, railroad spike and horseshoe art) 2023 Christmas at the Empire Ranch Photos Courtesy of Devon Christie…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …oeing and Interior Decorating – January 1877 In January 1877 Vail writes (1/2/1877): “We are having a great time this afternoon shoeing horse, I am head horseshoer, Hislop is 2nd and Harvey and the man help hold the horses which generally cut up a shine before we get through with them. We were all chafing Hislop this evening about fixing up his room so much he says that he intends papering the walls & if he can find them he is going to put curtain…