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  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …Boice, 1972. ERF archives: B375-06 Steve Boice and Annie Helmericks Marry – 1972 While Gulf American Corporation proceeding with the permitting process for their planned development of the Empire Ranch project Boice & Company continued ranching under the lease arrangement. On November 4, 1972 Steve Boice, Pancho’s son, married Annie Helmericks at St. Phillip’s in the Hills in Tucson. Steve and Annie met in a chemistry class their freshman year at…

  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
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    …hers.’ [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, president of the American National Livestock association, said Tuesday as he left for Wyoming to confer with a…

  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …gon-fly and sometimes fly a long way. I saw one fly 40 yards. It was about 1 1/2 pounds weight. The waters of the Pacific Ocean seem to abound in living things and living wonders to me. I had the pleasure of being seasick again.” Pico House, Los Angeles, CA, 1891 Source: Wikipedia Englishmen Everywhere Hislop writes from the Pico House, Los Angeles (7/3/1876): “On board we met a very nice young Englishman, Captain Hutchinson, who has a ranch abou…

  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
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    …nd Miriam Boice’s second child, Robert Grantham Boice, was born on February 10, 1953. He was known as Grant. Pancho and Sherry Boice’s third child, Sherry Bailey Boice, was born on December 15, 1953. Norman Hinman on horseback in California, 1950. ERF archives: B406-105 Norman Hinman – 1953 Norman Hinman worked as a cowhand for the Boice family for four months (May-August) in 1953. He had finished one year of college in California when he decided…

  • 2023 Cowboy Festival Program
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    …n under 18 years of age. Registration fee is $50. Rides depart at 10:30 am, 11:45am, 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm, and 3:15 pm. GREAT LUNCH GRUB Craving Sweets and Treats (panini sandwiches, freeze dried candy, lemonade, iced tea, italian sodas, lotus energy drinks, cotton candy) El Taco Asere Hot Dogs y Mas (authentic Mexican food: tacos, burros, hot dogs y more) Fiesta Filipina (Filipino & Asian Cuisine) Willysphillys (Philly cheese steaks, hamburgers, hot…

  • The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
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    …had a regular feast.” Stone Avenue, Tucson, 1880. Source: Wikipedia August 1, 1876 – Back to Tucson Hislop writes (8/7/1876): “We returned to Tucson from the ranch, 52 miles, getting at our destination by sundown. Here we had a comfortable bed, having laid on the ground in a blanket since July 21st, pretty rough I can tell you. Here we rested a day or two and tried to deal with a man for his ranch, but with no success, as he wanted just double wh…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …f Range 19S, Township 17E, southeast of the Empire Ranch located in Section 18. USGS 1905 Patagonia Quadrant map. Neighbor Perry M. Hilton – February 1878 Walter identifies the neighbor causing problems: “One of our neighbors [Perry] Hilton who has sheep does everything he can to annoy us. Harvey and Hislop had trouble with him while I was away and he does not leave a stone unturned to annoy us, he pretends to think a great deal of me but I well k…

  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …Mustang Mountains in the background, 1880s. ERF archives: A530-08 September 1-9, 1876 – Empire Ranch Expansion Begins Hislop writes (9/23/1876): “We have got another ranch now and 620 sheep on it, we bought the man that owned 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…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
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    …oice was born on July 25, 1900, and Charles Gudgell Boice was born on April 1, 1902. H.S. Boice Cattle Company Stock Certificate. H.S. Boice Company – 1897 In 1897 the Boice-Berry Company ceased operations and Henry Boice established the H.S. Boice Cattle Company. In 1898 he purchased the Point of Rock Ranch from the Beatty Brothers. The ranch was located along the Cimarron River in Kansas and Oklahoma. [Topeka State Journal, 3/1/1898]. The Boice…

  • History Overview
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    …se and became the focal point for family gatherings and parties. During the 1940 and 1950s many Hollywood films were shot at the Empire Ranch and in the vicinity. The Boices hosted numerous film stars, including John Wayne, when Red River was filmed at the Empire Ranch. Click here for a listing of movies filmed in Empire Ranch territory. For a detailed chronology of events during the Boice Family Era, click here. For publications about the Boice F…