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  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/

    …he scene of the two daring robberies, and somehow Mr. Brooks, who was then United States marshal for the southern district of California, got it into bis head that I and my men were the real train robbers. We met Jim Millus, an old friend of mine, who is always ready for fun, and who told Marshal Brooks that we would bear watching. “Pretty soon I noticed that two men were following me wherever I went. I had sent my men to Catalina island, and was…

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

    …ide shows at club meetings. “Mrs. Frank Boice will show colored slides of flowers and other flowering plants. Of special Interest will be the cactus flowers showing the flowers in detail.” [Arizona Daily Star, 4/13/1941] “From 1935 to 1946 meetings [of the Tucson Garden Club] were held in the Fiesta Room of the Santa Rita Hotel on Scott Street. Methods of gardening in the desert area have always been a high priority, but during the WWII years the…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/

    “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 development north of Nogales as well as its new project at Empire Ranch when it opens for land sales in early 1971.” [Arizona Daily Star, 6/5/1970] In September the P&Z Commission “The Pima County Planning and Zonin…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …hopes that there will be a change for the better soon.” Cornelius Finley. United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014 John Hicks Adams. United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014 Murders in Davidson Canyon – September/October 1878 Captain J.H. Adams and Cornelius Finley, who were managing a mine near Patagonia, were murdered in Davidson Canyon, north of the Empire Ranch, on Sept 2, 1878. According to Edward Vail Adams and Finley had st…

  • The Empire Ranch House
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/the-empire-ranch-house/

    …ys’ Quarters Cowboy’s Bath Foreman’s Quarters, Cook’s Quarters Cook’s Bath Lower Kitchen, Cowboys’ Kitchen Office Bookkeeper’s Quarters, Guest Room Corral, Zaguan, Hall Family Cook’s Quarters, Kitchen Pantry Rear Hall Cowboys’ Cook’s Quarters, Cowboys’ Shower & Laundry Upper Kitchen or Family Kitchen Pantry & Storage Area Front Porch Living Room Porch, Dining Room Master Bedroom Middle Room, Guest Room, Family Room Closet Children’s Room Children’…

  • 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/

    …876, Los Angeles, California Herbert Hislop and Walter Vail purchase stage tickets from Indian Wells (now Indio) California to Tucson Arizona. Hislop describes the celebrating underway on 4th of July eve. “They were letting off fireworks and firing anvils in the streets. The way they fire anvils is this, they bury one anvil in the ground, the bottom side uppermost and fill the little square hole with gunpowder, placing the other anvil on the top…

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

    …gift certificates for hotel stays or golf play; restaurant gift certificates; instruments; weekend getaways; time spent with well-known artist; baskets filled with goodies; handcrafted items; books; children’s toys; vacation home for a week; professional services, tickets to an entertainment or sporting event; jewelry, edibles – the list goes on and on. Be a Festival Volunteer More than 200 volunteers are needed during the Cowboy Festival, for a m…

  • Special Recreation Permits
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    …lity insurance policy that BLM judges sufficient to protect the public and United States. The policy must name the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management as additionally insured and stipulate that the permittee or the insurer will notify BLM 30 days in advance of termination or modification of the policy. BLM may also require vendors, and other applicants, such as organized groups, to obtain and submit such a policy. Who do I c…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/

    …on horseback, 1918. ERF archives: A510-014b World War I – 1917-1918 As the United States was drawn into World War I, implementation of the Selective Service Act of 1917 required that all males aged 21 to 30 register for military service on June 5, 1917. Banning registered on that date and did not claim any exemptions from service on his application. In September he was ordered to report for service. In February 1918 the Tucson Citizen reported: ‘B…

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

    …on of metal cabinets. The ceilings in the living room and dining room were lowered, wood paneling was installed, and the windows in both rooms were replaced. Bob and Miriam’s Casita, 2019. ERF archives: D606-640 Bob and Miriam’s Casita – 1951 When Bob and Miriam Boice moved to the Empire Ranch after their marriage, they first lived in the Children’s Addition section of the Empire Ranch House while their own home was made ready. A surplus one-bedro…