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  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …tonwoods along the San Pedro River. Courtesy of Bureau of Land Management. Searching for Cattle and More Indian Troubles – December 1876 Walter wrote of the continued search for cattle (12/16/1876): “I just returned from the San Pedro River night before last where I have been for the last four days looking at some cattle there have just come from Texas. Hislop Harvey and I all went together we had quite a pleasant time though the nights are rather…

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  • The Trip from Los Angeles to Tucson (July 5-13, 1876)
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    …driver wanted them to start they began bucking… and bolted away, the reins breaking. I never heard any man swear like the driver did. I really thought he had gone mad as he kept it up so long.” Ferry Boat Crossing the Colorado. Source: Visit Yuma July 7, 1876 – Chuckawalla Spring, California to the Colorado River Arrived at Chuckawalli [Chuckawalla Spring/Well] at 4 a.m. where we breakfasted off bacon and beans and had coffee, price 4/-. Here we…

  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …the Pico House, Los Angeles (7/3/1876): “On board we met a very nice young Englishman, Captain Hutchinson, who has a ranch about 30 miles from Los Angeles. He introduced us to another Englishman, Freeman by name of Freeman…” Mr. Freeman was most likely Daniel Freeman who actually hailed from Ontario, Canada. He became wealthy farming barley, lemons, olives and almonds on his Southern California ranch. Centinela Adobe, 1890 Source: Wikipedia Wolf H…

  • Vail & Harvey, 1879-1882
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    …ificate No 100 (May 15, 1884). Total Wreck Mining and Milling Company – February 1881 To obtain capital to develop the Total Wreck it was necessary to attract investors. Nathan Vail was instrumental in the incorporation in the New York State of the Total Wreck Mining and Milling Company. They were successful in obtaining investors for a little less than 50% of the stock. The Vails maintained majority ownership of the stock. Marriage Record for Joh…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …e at the ranch at that moment. Dad was down at the farm with his car. The truck was on a run to Sonoita or something. There wasn’t anything to go down and get my father, or to get me into Tucson. And she finally told Apache Joe to hitch up the chuck wagon! Well about that time the truck driver got back, so he went on down to the farm and let Dad know. And of course then they took me on into Tucson.” [Dusty Vail Ingram oral history, 1993] Children…

  • Movies Filmed at the Ranch
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    …ebles, Stephen Baldwin (1993, Mario Van Peebles) Red River, James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner (1988 TV, Richard Michaels) Red River, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift (1948, Howard Hawks) Return of the Gunfighter, Robert Taylor, Chad Everett (1967, James Neilson) Ruby Jean and Joe, Tom Selleck, Ben Johnson (1996 TV, Jeffrey Sax) The Big Country, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston (1958, William Wyler) The Cowboys, John Wayne (1972, Mark Rydell) T…

  • Tour the Cienega Watershed
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    …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 watershed to enjo…

  • History Chronology
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    …ne-July 4, 1876) The Trip from Los Angeles to Tucson (July 5-13, 1876) The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876) Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876) Vail, Hislop, and Harvey (1877-1878) 1879-1928 This chronology documents the history of the Empire Ranch between 1879 and 1928. During this time period the ranch grew from the original 160 acres purchased by Walter Lennox Vail and Herbert R. Hislop…

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