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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…ained for a few days to see the sights of the largest city they had ever visited, but after a short time they said their legs and feet were sore from walking and that they were all right on horseback but no good on foot, so we shipped them back to Tucson and the ranch. Map of the cattle drive route. Empire Ranch Foundation. The S.P. Capitulates – 1890 A short time after our return, a meeting of cattlemen was called at the Palace Hotel (now the Occ…
- Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/…ussing plans with the county engineers, sanitation and planning and zoning officials. The Tucson engineering firm of Cella Barr have four men currently working at the site. Gulf American plans include an entire city, with a central business district, industrial sites, multiple housing and homes ranging from three to one per acre.” [Tucson Daily Citizen, 12/18/1969] The sale agreement included a provision for Boice & Co. retain a grazing lease, so…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/…31-35]. Initially the ranch was stocked with commercial Herefords from the reservations. By 1928 the purebred Hereford bulls were moved to the Eureka. Mary Boice photo of cattle at Rocky Point on the Onyx Ranch, ca. 1926. Courtesy of Martha Madani. Frank and Mary Move to the Onyx Ranch, California – 1924 In 1924 Frank and Mary Boice moved to California to run the leased Onyx Ranch in Kern County. “The ranch was stocked with yearlings coming off th…
- Recognition & Awards
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/awards/…st of Arizona’s Most Endangered Historic Places Hands on the Land – Member Site Designation 2003 Bureau of Land Management – Outstanding voluntary service in the conservation and protection of heritage resources on America’s public lands Bureau of Land Management – Dedicated contribution to the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership and Las Cienegas Resource Management Plan 2001 Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission – Honoring long-term collaborat…
- Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-ranch-is-purchased-and-the-hard-work-begins-august-december-1876/…wned them out. He was ill with fever and got disgusted so let us have them cheap. We gave him 4/-a head, that is cheap enough and they come in very handy to us as meat and when we can get 50 lbs. of meat for 4/-it is not so bad. I think we shall sell them soon for 9/-apiece so if we do, it will not be a bad trade. One day when I was baking my bread I had left the kitchen for a moment to do something and when I returned I caught a snake under the s…
- Explore Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/visiting-policies/…l OHV users must follow the OHV rules posted on the Arizona Game & Fish website. Is there drinking water? There is potable water next to the vault toilets at Empire Ranch Headquarters. The Airstrip recreation group site has non-potable water available. Can I camp overnight? Are there RV hookups? Overnight camping is allowed in designated camping areas or out on backcountry roads in dispersed sites. There are no RV hook ups. Camping is not allowed…
- Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/…plorer 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, Aug 2011, p. 4 Stang Grant to Fund Docent Training Program, Feb…
- 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/…ies and feeding our horses with barley we only paid $6 which we considered cheap for this place and so it was. We reached Tucson in about 6 hours and then had a good wash and made ourselves look like gentlemen. I should like you to see my travelling costume. I think I must be photographed and send it to you, it would be an ornament for the album and very much admired.” Hislop’s hand drawn map of the Empire Ranch house, November 25, 1876. Source: A…
- 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/…ncisco from Hislop Hislop writes ( 7/3/1876): “While in San Francisco we visited the Chinese quarter of the city where you might fancy you were in China. They conduct all their business and sell everything that they have in China, getting their goods direct. It is a very amusing part of the city to go through, as they sell such rum things and then do all their transactions so queerly.” Woodward’s Gardens in San Francisco. Photo: San Francisco Memo…
- Vail & Harvey, 1879-1882
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-harvey-1879-1882/…Total Wreck Mine; Tomás Lopez, a herder; and Mon Ta, the cook. Section of Official Map of Pima County by Roskruge 1893. The Southern Pacific Railroad Arrives in Pantano – April 1880 In 1880 the Southern Pacific Railroad finally reached Tucson and by April it was extended to Pantano, north of the Empire Ranch. The availability of rail transportation was a major boom to the Empire Ranch as it was now possible to sell cattle and beef to markets beyo…