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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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/…horses and mules have been stolen by Apaches, from the people, and quite a number of cattle killed. The Apaches kill a beef when they are in want of beef, and take what they need at the time and let the balance remain to spoil or be eaten by wild beasts. The settlers to the number of twenty-five, recently followed the trail of the stock and thieves, thinking first it might lead to San Carlos, but it led directly to New Mexico, and they followed it…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…Sonoita, Ariz., association president, reported that United States cattle numbers are now close to the record figure of 76,000,000 head, an increase of 1,000,000 in the last year. Boice said the slaughter increased to 28,000,000 head in 1942. He predicted that marketings this year would surpass the 30,000,000-goal set by the secretary of agriculture. Boice cited these figures to prove that cattlemen are doing their best in wartime, but he forecas…
- Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/…of “farms” reporting sales of cattle and/or calves decreased 42% while the number of live cattle and/or calves sold increased 134%. Boice/Rubel families: (back row) Henry G. and Margaret Boice; Ann and Fred Boice holding Fred Boice, Jr., Peggy and Jack Rubel. (front row, l-r, Jennifer Boice, Lynn Rubel, Mariann Boice, Henry Boice, John and Tom Rubel, 1961. Courtesy of Lynn Rubel. Fred Tait Boice, Jr. is Born – 1961 Fred and Ann Boice’s fourth chil…
- Volunteer Day
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/volunteer-day-2020-05-02/…02 May Volunteer Day 05/02/2020 – 05/03/2020 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Center Empire Ranch Volunteer Workday. 8 am to noon. Please register in advance by phone (888) 364-2829, or email admin@empireranchfoundation.org.–Cancelled…
- Volunteer Day
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/volunteer-day-2020-06-06/…06 Jun Volunteer Day 06/06/2020 – 06/07/2020 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Center Empire Ranch Volunteer Workday. 8 am to noon. Please register in advance by phone (888) 364-2829, or email admin@empireranchfoundation.org. Cancelled…
- Volunteer Day
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/volunteer-day-2020-07-04/…04 Jul Volunteer Day 07/04/2020 – 07/05/2020 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Center Empire Ranch Volunteer Workday. 8 am to noon. Please register in advance by phone (888) 364-2829, or email admin@empireranchfoundation.org. Cancelled…
- Volunteer Day
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/volunteer-day-2020-09-05/…05 Sep Volunteer Day 09/05/2020 – 09/06/2020 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Center Empire Ranch Volunteer Workday. 8 am to noon. Please register in advance by phone (888) 364-2829, or email admin@empireranchfoundation.org. Cancelled…