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

    …Turner, who was the Empire Ranch foreman in the 1890s, returned as superintendent of the Empire Ranch in 1909. His wife, Mary, and four children, Earl, Verna, Jewel, and Stella, accompanied him. During this time period Bess Elliott was hired to teach the Empire Ranch children, and she lived with the Turners. Turner remained at the Empire until 1911. Banning Vail, Walter and Maggie’s third eldest son, was spending time at the Empire Ranch during th…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/

    …rs, sold him several prize bulls, especially Herefords. Boice went to Independence, Missouri, to do business with Charles Gudgell, and met Gudgell’s daughter LuBelle.” [Handbook of Texas] Charles Gudgell and his partner, T.A. Simpson, had begun breeding Hereford cattle using bulls and cows imported from Canada and England between 1876 and 1882. LuBelle Gudgell with Hereford bull, Beau Gaston, 1890s. ERF archives: B203-43 Henry S. Boice marries LuB…

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

    …ry Boice with Bob and Pancho. She rode her horse, accompanied by her dog, Valente, to the Empire School located on Greaterville Road. The ride would take about 2 hours each way. Frank S. Boice, 1930s. ERF archives: B203-15 Frank Boice, President of Arizona Cattle Growers Association – 1935 In February 1935 Frank Boice was elected President of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association. Some of the major issues of concern to ACGA members that year incl…

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

    …acres of land, 2,300 cattle, 20 horses, 85 bulls, and 2 mules. 300 tons of alfalfa hay grown in the agricultural fields at the Empire Ranch in the South Barn, at the Empire Ranch, 1924. ERF archives A301-001 Overgrazing Problems – 1888 In the late 1880s overgrazing in Arizona was beginning to be a serious concern. In October Walter Vail went to Tempe, AZ and arranged to lease “500 acreage of alfalfa pasturage” and purchased 200 tons of hay to fatt…

  • Reading List
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    …cial 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 Treasures of Santa Cruz County, Sonoita, AZ: BrockingJ Books,…

  • 2023 Cowboy Festival Program
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    …gns (sublimation shirts, mugs, tumblers, car air fresheners and earrings) Renewal by Anderson (custom built and replacement energy efficient windows and doors) Rusty Paws (functional art from repurposed metal; laser engraved cork and wood items) Sierra Sweets (freeze dried candy) Tombstone Pottery (handmade and wheel thrown functional pottery) Vera Earl Premium Beef (grass fed, grain finished premium beef) Western Creations (windchimes, horseshoe,…

  • Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
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    …nty-five thousand dollars, and Walter Vail stocked the ranch with the equivalent value in cattle. [Source: History of the Empire Ranch by Gregory Paul Dowell. Master’s Thesis, University of Arizona, 1978.] Nathan Russell Vail, 1885. Maggie and “Russie” Visit the Total Wreck – August 1884 In August of 1884 Maggie sent a long letter to her mother describing a week-long visit to several of the Empire Land & Cattle Company holdings and the Total Wreck…

  • Membership
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    …$5,000 Territorial Governor – $10,000 The ERF membership is for one year. Renewal notices will be sent one month before your membership expires. Empire Ranch Foundation members receive the print and electronic ERF newsletters and notices of all our special events, some with preferred member pricing. We acknowledge each donation with a thank you letter, and include donors, as specified by the donor, in our annual List of Supporters. Complete the fo…

  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …w BLM TFO Manager: Vi Hillman, Nov 2013, p. 3 Departed BLM Friend: Grant Drennen, Nov 2013, p. 3 Celebrating the Cowboy: Thomas Lopez, Jose Blas Lopes, Juan Tomas Sierras, Thomas J. Turner, Aug 2013, p. 2 Happy Trails at the Empire Ranch; Ian Tomlinson Honored, May 2013, p. 1-2 Departed Friend: Fred Baker, May 2013, p. 2 Departed Friend: Robert Grantham Boice, Aug 2012, p. 2 Awards Galore, Chris Schrager honored, Aug 2012, p. 3 Riders & Diners Rel…

  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …e. Now we are at work to make it fit to live in and I shall be very glad when all is finished, but as I have a home now I feel more settled. The Governor of Arizona says he is glad we have located here, as he likes to see such men come into the country, and I believe that if we go on steadily we must make money, from all I have seen and heard it is the best business there is, stock raising, and the demand now is much greater than the supply. We sh…