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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…ngue and throat were so swollen that he could scarcely speak – he suffered great agony at times but after 9 p.m. began to improve and slept well the balance of the night. Dr. Handy is greatly interested in the case as in previous cases the bite of a Gila monster has proven fatal. Maggie and I came in with Walter and were of course very anxious, but he now feels all right.” Mahlon Vail at 10 mos., 1891. ERF archives, A405-2 Mahlon Vail is born – No…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/…31-35]. Initially the ranch was stocked with commercial Herefords from the reservations. By 1928 the purebred Hereford bulls were moved to the Eureka. Mary Boice photo of cattle at Rocky Point on the Onyx Ranch, ca. 1926. Courtesy of Martha Madani. Frank and Mary Move to the Onyx Ranch, California – 1924 In 1924 Frank and Mary Boice moved to California to run the leased Onyx Ranch in Kern County. “The ranch was stocked with yearlings coming off th…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…ce recalled: “…and they went down here in the cottonwoods and picked out a great big massive log, a perfect arch. They chiseled off one side, put that Red River “D” brand on it, and put it up on a couple of great big posts, and then had some little old flimsy salt cedar pole fences. Massive gate! That gate, actually we used it. It was a good gate, real heavy. Brand new lumber, and they got in there and just gouged it, made it look older than hell….
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…he’d have him jump off the running board and run for a while. And that was great with Bo, until he got tired. Then he was smart. What he’d do would be to get in the road in front of the car and slow down, you see.” [Dusty Vail Ingram oral history, 1993] Dusty Vail, Bill Blenman, & Bill Vail on Jerry Bull, with choreman, Apache Joe, 1920s. ERF archives: A073-1. Ranch Bulls During Dusty Vail’s time the Empire Ranch ran only Hereford cattle. She had…
- Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/…place, just having a great time. We always loved that. That was one of the great things about a ranch like that, you had all these outlying barns and horse stables and things like that – great places to hide for hide-and-seek, and playing kick-the-can, to hide when you’re playing kick-the-can. So, we always played those kinds of games there. So, I do remember going over there. It was a lovely spot, sitting around the patio and the pool. The adults…
- Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/…ion, May 2013, p. 2 Empire Art Show Starts Big!, Feb 2013, p. 1 Empire 100–Great Artworks Spur Great Sales, May 2012, p. 3 Empire 100 Show Opens to Record Crowds and Bustling Sales, Feb 2012, p. 1 Empire 100 Art show–An Unqualified Success!, May 2011, p. 3 Empire 100 Western Art Show Draws Record Crowds & sales, Feb 2011, p. 1 Art That Dazzled, May 2010, p.2 A Most Spectacular Show, Feb 2010, p.1 Coming in January…Empire 100 Western Art Show and S…
- Explore Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/visiting-policies/…ion provides tours on the second and fourth Saturday of the month at 11am; reservations are required. For more information, click here. For large, private group tours, you may need a Bureau of Land Management Special Recreation Permit (SRP). Click “Do I need a Permit?” for details. What are among the visitor activities? Favorite visitor activities include wildlife viewing, picnicking, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, historic site tourin…
- The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/the-search-for-the-right-ranch-july-14-august-22-1876/…another piece of board the same size and brought it down quickly killing a great quantity at a time, thus thinned them considerable and it was a blessing as everything one ate was full of flies, as well as drink. One had to be very careful as if you swallow one it is sure to make you sick directly. The man on the ranch swallowed one one night and he was sick as soon as he had done it.” 1920s view of the original section of Empire Ranch House where…
- Anamax Ownership, 1975-1988
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/anamax-ownership-1975-1988/…in Tucson scattering forever some of the finest Hereford bloodlines in the Southwest Brought to Arizona in 1912 from the sprawling XIT Ranch in Texas the herd has been the pride of the Boice family in Sonoita for generations. The herd belonged to the family of Robert G. Boice of Globe and to the estate of his late brother Frank. In a matter of a few hours the 890 animals – including 70 bulls – that had taken nearly three weeks to round up had been…
- 2023 Cowboy Festival Program
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/2023-cowboy-festival-program/…tury” 11 am–Dawn Moore Santiago, “’One of the Coolest & Bravest Men in the Southwest Country’: Estevan Ochoa, Hispanic-American Entrepreneur of Arizona & New Mexico” 12 pm–Doug Hocking, “Mining and Prospecting” 1 pm–Rick Collins, “Quirky Episodes of Death and Danger in the Santa Cruz Valley” 2 pm–Dawn Hawkins, “History of the Mescal Movie Set” 3 pm–Bunker DeFrance, Marty Freese, Gene Freese, “In Front & Behind the Camera” Sunday, November 5, 2023…