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

    …lled “Camp Grant Massacre.” He with William Oury, eight Americans, quite a number of Mexicans and a large number of Papago Indians marched over to the mouth of Aravaipa Canyon, which was right in sight of the old Camp Grant but then occupied by American troops and nearly exterminated that band of Apaches. They killed all but the children whom they brought to Tucson as prisoners. The cause of this expedition was the constant raids of the Apaches ag…

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

    …icultural statistics documented ranching trends between 1940 and 1959. The number 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 o…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …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…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
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    …ansas City. The company is the owners of one of the largest ranches in the Southwest at Point Rock Kansas. This ranch covers a portion of Morton county, Kan., extends Into Beaver county, Okla., and also includes a large strip of land in Colorado. The run of cattle on the ranch this year numbers over 20,000 head and this was the first shipment made. The ranch is well equipped with modern improvements, such as windmills and water tanks on all parts…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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

    …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, primarily in the Santa Rita Mountains. One option the CRC par…

  • 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…

  • History Overview
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    …. The Ranch House became an extended complex with more than 22-rooms and a number of outbuildings and structures were added. Their original flat earthern roofs were later replaced with wooden gable roofs. Click here to learn more about the Empire Ranch buildings and structures. In 1896, in order to turn his attention more fully to growing corporate holdings in California. Walter Vail moved his family to Los Angeles and established his corporate he…

  • 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…