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  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/

    …access to a library. [Arizona Daily Star, 4/16/1933] The membership of the Book Club was limited to 17 and each year 17 books were chosen to circulate among the members for a year. The Book Circle continues today. Pancho and Bob Boice, ca.1933. ERF archives: B206-039a Private Tutor for Pancho and Bob – 1934 “Miss Eleanor Struthers, has accepted a position as private instructor for the children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boice of the Empire ranch near S…

  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/

    …icultural statistics documented ranching trends between 1940 and 1959. The number of “farms” reporting sales of cattle and/or calves decreased 42% while the number of live cattle and/or calves sold increased 134%. Boice/Rubel families: (back row) Henry G. and Margaret Boice; Ann and Fred Boice holding Fred Boice, Jr., Peggy and Jack Rubel. (front row, l-r, Jennifer Boice, Lynn Rubel, Mariann Boice, Henry Boice, John and Tom Rubel, 1961. Courtesy o…

  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …he celebrated so-called “Camp Grant Massacre.” He with William Oury, eight Americans, quite a number of Mexicans and a large number of Papago Indians marched over to the mouth of Aravaipa Canyon, which was right in sight of the old Camp Grant but then occupied by American troops and nearly exterminated that band of Apaches. They killed all but the children whom they brought to Tucson as prisoners. The cause of this expedition was the constant raid…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …vertisement. 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 Arizona…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …archives: C500-004 Status of GAC Development Plans – 1971 In mid-1970 Gulf American Corporation (GAC) began submitting Empire Ranch development plans to the Pima County Planning and Zoning Commission. The first proposal called for “…58.266 residential units, which includes 1,000 acres of mobile home development. Planned density ranges from 3.4 homes per acre to one home per four acres. A total of 1,325 acres is for industrial use, which is east of…

  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …Drive from Arizona to California, Dec 2016, p. 3 LCNCA Junior Explorer Handbook, Mar 2016, p. 4 Visit and Learn, Feb 2014, p. 4 New ERF Website Debuts, Nov 2013, p. 3 Arizona Memory Project Includes Empire Ranch Oral Histories, Feb 2013, p. 4 Local Authors Release New Book, Empire Ranch, Nov 2012, p. 3 New Wayside Signs Surround Ranch House, Feb 2012, p. 3 Enhanced Foundation Brochure Published, Feb 2012, p. 3 New Pocket Guide to Las Cienegas NCA,…

  • 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/

    …ime.” Los Angeles’ Thirty-Eighth Fire Company celebrates the centennial of American independence on July 4, 1876. Courtesy of the Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, USC Libraries. Source: KCET SoCal Fourth of July Celebrations of the Past 7/4/1876, Los Angeles, California Hislop recounts the 4th of July celebrations in Los Angeles. “At about 10 a.m. a grand procession was paraded through the streets to celebrate Indepe…

  • 2023 Cowboy Festival Program
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/2023-cowboy-festival-program/

    …ache ATV Tours (guided ATV tours of SE AZ) AZWoodenFlagCo (handmade wooden American flags and wooden American flag crosses, wooden crosses, laser engraved slate stone drink coasters and leather wrapped flasks, wooden beer bottle openers, Native American and other jewelry) Besquare Bags and More (aprons, towels, turtle mops, burrito baby blankets) BlackJack Citrus Infusions (lemonade) The Candle Bunkhouse (hand-made & hand-poured soy candles, room…

  • 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/

    …rate. If I wanted to inquire anything about the ranch I made a rush to the book and looked for the word I did not know. It was grand fun I can tell you, but now I am beginning to pick up the language. One is obliged to learn Spanish to be able to travel the country. Our meals consisted of beans and baked flour and water and bad coffee, but even that I relished as I have such an enormous appetite and can eat nearly anything. While we were making ou…

  • 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…