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

    …oberto (Junior) Rodriquez, Henry Boice and Frank (Pancho) Boice. Phi Gamma Delta‘s officers: Front row, Bob Boice, house manager; Bob Cooney, corresponding secretary. Back row, Bud Schirmer, president; Joe Mulrein, historian, and Tom Fridena, recording secretary. UA Yearbook, 1950 Bob Boice Wins Essay Contest – 1949 In his senior year at UA Bob Boice “won first prize in Arizona in a beef cattle essay contest sponsored by Swift and Company.” [Arizo…

  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …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……

  • 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…

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

    …will contain six rooms and cost several thousand dollars.” The Vail family numbered 8 in 1895: Walter, Margaret, 5 sons and one daughter. Up to that point the children had been home-schooled at the Empire Ranch by various English governesses. “McGuffey’s readers and Hilliard’s readers with their stress on elocution and formal discourse were mastered, and after the Sunday Bible readings given by Margaret Vail. The children were free to ride about t…

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

    …something should happen to Pancho while flying. Soon after Sherry became a flight instructor. She continued flying until 1968. Fred T. Boice and his sister Peggy Boice Rubel were pilots also. Screwworm Peerless ointment and collection kit. Courtesy of Mary Kasulatis Screwworm Eradication Program – 1965 In the 1960s the U.S. Department of Agriculture began a collaboration with U.S. ranchers and the Mexican government to eradicate screwworms. U.S. s…

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

    …rove adaptable for polo playing. In addition, Banning Vail now has a large number of two-year-old colts in the pastures of the Empire ranch which within the next two year will develop into acceptable polo horses. There are about 20 or more of these colts which were bred by the Vail stallion a horse of strong thoroughbred blood. From an economic standpoint the breeding of polo horses in this section will be a factor of importance in ridding the ran…

  • 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…

  • Donate Now
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    …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…

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

    …ce, president of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association and operator of the 800-cow, 60-section Empire Ranch near Sonoita, said he was feeding his cattle a protein supplement. ‘The conditions are real dry and the grazing conditions are poor,’ he said. He said some shallow wells are pumping air part of the time. ‘I don’t know of anyone in our area who is hauling water yet,’ he said. ‘Most of the people depend on windmills. There’s talk among some o…

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

    …ere to view the 2023 program Support the Cowboy Festival Be a Sponsor Help support one of the area’s great traditions by becoming a sponsor of the Cowboy Festival (formerly known as the Roundup & Open House). Your sponsorship will be acknowledged in the Empire Ranch Foundation program, in our newsletter and on our web page. Click here to view the 2023 Cowboy Festival sponsors. Donate Auction/Raffle Items Auctions and Raffles are a significant part…