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- Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-land-cattle-company-1883-1887/Empire Land & Cattle Company Stock Certificate. Empire Land and Cattle Company – 1883 In 1883 the Empire Land and Cattle Company was incorporated with Walter Vail owning most of the shares. Walter signed over to the corporation his holdings in the Empire and other recently acquired ranches. The 1884 Pima County Tax Assessment records indicate that the company owned over 2,000 acres of land, 6,000 cattle, 163 horses, 129 bulls, and 12 mules. Natha…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/Empire Ranch cattle herd, 1920. ERF archives: A119-2a 1888 Tax Assessment Two tax assessment forms were filed in 1888. One for the Empire Land & Cattle Company which declared over 3,400 acres of land, 8,360 cattle, 190 horses, 304 bulls, and 4 mules. The second one was for Vail & Vosburg’s Pantano Ranch that paid taxes on 2,280 acres of land, 2,300 cattle, 20 horses, 85 bulls, and 2 mules. 300 tons of alfalfa hay grown in the agricultural fields …
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/(l-r ) Stella Turner, Jewel Turner, Bess Elliott, Earl Turner, and Verna Turner at the north end of the Empire Ranch House, ca. 1909. Courtesy of Jim Loushin. Tom Turner Returns to the Empire Ranch – 1909 Tom Turner, who was the Empire Ranch foreman in the 1890s, returned as superintendent of the Empire Ranch in 1909. His wife, Mary, and four children, Earl, Verna, Jewel, and Stella, accompanied him. During this time period Bess Elliott was hired…
- New Ranch House Fund
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/involved/donate-now/new-ranch-house-fund/The Empire Ranch Foundation is undertaking a capital campaign to renovate the New Ranch House to serve as conference space for education programs, a place for environmental researchers to come stay for a day or two while they study the beautiful area of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, and as office space for the Foundation. The New Ranch House was constructed by Pancho and Sherry Boice around 1955 as their home, and their children, S…
- New Ranch House Capital Campaign
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2023/12/new-ranch-house-capital-campaign/Help us create our Western Heritage and Education Center! The Empire Ranch Foundation has begun a capital campaign to renovate the New Ranch House to serve as conference space for education programs, a place for environmental researchers to come stay for a day or two while they study the beautiful area of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, and as office space where our board members, or in the future, a new administrative director can w…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/Henry Stephen Boice, 1900s. ERF archives: B203-23 Introducing Henry Stephen Boice The Boice family ranching legacy begins in New Mexico in 1859 with the birth of Henry Stephen Boice. His father, Stephen Boice, was a physician. “Young Boice started regular cowboying when he was 15 years old – at $15 a month.” He worked for the Creswell Young ranch, becoming its foreman at age 18. In 1881 Henry partnered with Dave Berry to run the 777 outfit in eas…
- National Day of the Cowboy
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/national-day-of-the-cowboy-4/… 24 Jul National Day of the Cowboy 07/24/2021 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Empire Ranch Headquarters National Day of the Cowboy. 8am to noon. FREE Family Event. Demonstrations, Presentations, Ranch Tours. Empire Ranch Headquarters. …
- Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/empire-ranch-cowboy-festival-3/… 06 Nov Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival 11/06/2021 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Empire Ranch Headquarters Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival. 10am to 4pm. Enjoy Western heritage demonstrations, arena and livestock exhibits, cowboy cooking and Western entertainment. Empire Ranch Headquarters. …
- Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/empire-ranch-cowboy-festival-4/… 07 Nov Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival 11/07/2021 All Day Empire Ranch Headquarters Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival. 10am to 4pm. Enjoy Western heritage demonstrations, arena and livestock exhibits, cowboy cooking and Western entertainment. Empire Ranch Headquarters. …
- Christmas at the Empire Ranch
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/christmas-at-the-ranch-4/… 11 Dec Christmas at the Empire Ranch 12/11/2021 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Empire Ranch Headquarters Christmas at the Empire Ranch. 10am to 2pm. Empire Ranch Headquarters …