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  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
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    …otments in the Crook and Coronado National Forest. That year 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,…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …917. 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: ‘Banning Vail manager of the Empire Ranch has been given a total exemption from service on the ground that be is the essential head of an agricultural industry necessary to the military establishment. Mr. Vail was called in the first draft, claimed ex…

  • Reading List
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    …awk, September 4, 2018. University of Arizona Library Special Collections, Online Exhibit “Remembering an Empire (digitized historical documents, photos, and maps, learning activities and resources for further study) Walter Vail by Betty Barr in More Hidden Treasures of Santa Cruz County Sonoita, AZ: BrockingJ Books, 2008, pp. 15-23. Posted with permission of Betty Barr. Boice Family Boice family, Empire Ranch, Sonoita by Betty Barr in Hidden Trea…

  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
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    …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…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
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    …n Carlos Ended – 1924 In 1924 the Boice’s were notified by the U.S. Indian Service that their grazing lease on the San Carlos and Apache Indian Reservations would not be renewed. The warning signs of changes to come were present a few years earlier. In 1922 Henry G. Boice traveled to Washington, D.C. “… for the purpose of securing readjustments of grazing licenses of Arizona cattlemen grazing their herds on the San. Carlos Indian reservation. Diff…

  • Special Recreation Permits
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    …ts 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 collects a fee or receives other compensation that is not strictly a sharing of, or exceeds, actual expenses incurred for the purposes of the activity, servi…

  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …was a soldier who had served in Arizona and elected to stay there when his service was finished. Paine left this establishment for the Empire Ranch to meet with Tom Turner, the foreman, whom he knew. The road led through a gap in a small mountain range, and then down a gently sloping and rolling country, past several deserted houses, and to the ranch house which was about twenty miles from the railroad. From the ranch house, Paine left for the rou…

  • Recognition & Awards
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    …’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…

  • Membership
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    …nual List of Supporters. Complete the form below to make a safe and secure online membership donation. Donations by Mail: Donations may also be made in the form of checks (payable to the Empire Ranch Foundation), or credit card using our mail in donation form. Download a printable (pdf) letter and donation form here. Mail to Empire Ranch Foundation, P.O. Box 842, Sonoita, AZ 85637. If you have any questions concerning donations, please email the E…

  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …pire Ranch Windmills, Aug 2009, p. 2 Empire Ranch Historical Documents Now Online, Feb 2009, p. 4 Foundation Receives Its First Endowment, Aug 2007, p. 3 New ERF Publication Available, Aug 2007, p. 4 Look at All We’ve Accomplished!, May 2007, p. 2 Ranch History Sources, May 2007, p. 2 Ranching Heritage of the Boice Family, Feb 2006, p. 4 Recollections of Hollywood on the Empire, Aug 2005, p. 4 Reflections from 60 years ago, Gerald Korte, May 2005,…