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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…lled “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 raids of the Apaches ag…
- Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/…Strong Response to Year-end Appeal, Feb 2006, p.1 Your Year-End Financial Support, Nov 2005, p. 1 Membership Support Grows, Aug 2005, p. 4 Help Keep Us At the Top, May 2005, p. 1 A Record-Breaking Year, Feb 2005, p. 1 Year End Financial Support Critical, Nov 2004, p. 1 Counting, Counting and Counting [membership response], Aug 2004, p. 1 Membership Counts!, May 2004, p. 1 Remembering Someone Through Your Gift to ERF, May 2004, p. 4 Just Terrific……
- 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…
- 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/…Luis Obispo and Santa Monica for Los Angeles.” They probably traveled on a Pacific Coast Steamship Company vessel. Pink wing flying fish. Source: Wikipedia Aboard a Pacific Coast Steamship Hislop writes about the voyage to Los Angeles: “While at sea we saw seals and sea lions, a school of whales, some about 75 feet long which came pretty close to the steamer, and some flying fish. These are most peculiar things, having gauze wings like a dragon-f…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…I have had one or two scares and that is quite enough for me. We have about 800 head of cattle on the ranch, all cows, and Vail has just gone to New Mexico to buy about 40 good blooded bulls which he will bring here as soon as possible. I do not know how many calves we have at present but shall know by November, as then we shall brand and earmark them. From what I see riding round now, there are a good number. Our band of horses consists of 20 bro…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…n civic projects: bond drives, creating a Patriotic Garden at the Southern Pacific Railway Station and many others.’ [Tucson Garden Club website] WWII Draft Concerns – 1942 On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. By 1942 the draft was beginning to affect ranching operations throughout the west. “Frank Boice, p…
- 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…
- Donate Now
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/involved/donate-now/…ings and landscape for generations to come. There are a variety of ways to support to our efforts. Become a Member A strong membership provides important ongoing support and demonstrates that the Empire Ranch is meaningful to the community and worthy of investment. Member donations accounted for 34% of ERF’s income in 2023. Click here to learn more about membership and to join. New Ranch House Fund The Empire Ranch Foundation is undertaking a capi…
- History Overview
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/overview/…a, assumed the Donaldson grazing lease and are ranching on the Empire Ranch today. From the outset, BLM managers were committed to preserving the historic Empire Ranch headquarters buildings and interpreting them for future generations. Necessary studies were undertaken to support and specify appropriate historic preservation. The Empire Ranch Foundation (ERF) was established as a private non-profit organization in 1997 to work with the BLM to dev…
- 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/…loaded with construction material for the Southern Pacific.” The Southern Pacific Railroad did not reach Tucson until 1880. Its arrival significantly altered the cattle industry, providing the means by which to expand markets beyond southeastern Arizona. The Vail Company cattle were shipped primarily from the Pantano station, east of Tucson and north of the Empire Ranch. Arizona Citizen, August 5, 1876. Source: Chronicling America August 5, 1876…