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- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…the US Forest Service began to institute a new policy that would limit the number of cattle grazed on Forest Service allotments to 1,200 head. Since the four CRC ranches (Arivaca, Empire, Eureka, and Rail X) were considered one entity this regulatory change would have a drastic effect on their economic viability. The Empire Ranch leased over 44,000 acres in the Coronado National Forest, primarily in the Santa Rita Mountains. One option the CRC par…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…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…
- 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…
- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…about the project quite rightly plagues the supervisors. That is the sewer service. They take exception to GAC’s plan to use septic tanks as a sewerage system because the land is red clay and will not absorb sewage.” [Tucson Citizen, 3/18/1971] The SCC Board eventually approved the proposal in October, with some reductions in the scope of the project. Artistic rendering of the Empire Ranch development. ERF archives: C500-012 GAC Ready to Start – 1…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…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…
- Special Recreation Permits
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/visiting-policies/special-recreation-permits/…lic lands and related waters for business or financial gain. The activity, service, or use is commercial if any person, group or organization makes or attempts to make a profit, receive money, amortize equipment, or obtain goods or services, as compensation from participants in recreational activities occurring on public lands led, sponsored, or organized by that person, group, or organization. An activity, service, or use is commercial if anyone…
- 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…
- Recognition & Awards
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/awards/…’s Heritage Preservation Honor Award – Adobe Haybarn Project National Park Service – 2016 Historic American Landscape Survey Challenge 2013 U.S. Department of Interior – Partners in Conservation Award 2012 Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Committee – Award in Public Archaeology for a Non-Profit Entity Arizona Centennial Commission – Official Event 2008 Bureau of Land Management – Excellence in Public Lands Partnership 2007 Arizona Preservat…
- 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…