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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…heir 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 the countryside on their ponies. This idyllic life was permanently interrupted when Mahlon shied a boot at an English governess and she left in a huff.” [Christine Shirley manuscript, 1977] An amusing photo of the McFadden family adjacent to the Empire Ranch House. ERF archives: A536-178a The…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…e fireplace and if you were only here now I would be perfectly happy. This country is quite different to what it was a year ago there are a great many ladies coming to the country and I think you would be quite surprised if you could attend a party in Tucson there has been a new hall built which is a prettier room for dancing than any in Plainfield. If we could only be together this evening, if you were to drop down in my room, I don’t think you w…
- 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/…a very fine breakfast of broiled chicken and eggs. This was a place like a country inn, they call them stations in this country and for all these luxuries and feeding our horses with barley we only paid $6 which we considered cheap for this place and so it was. We reached Tucson in about 6 hours and then had a good wash and made ourselves look like gentlemen. I should like you to see my travelling costume. I think I must be photographed and send i…
- 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/…ndy and set light to it in the regular old style. Though we are in a rough country we try to enjoy ourselves sometimes, not being able to get a wild turkey we got 4 wild ducks, letting them hang for more than a week to give them a flavour and I stuffed and trussed these as best I could and I thought equal to a poulterer, only I had no sage and onions but plenty of breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and butter, a beautiful dish of nice brown mashed potatoe…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…edged with the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Outdoor scenes from Duel in the Sun, 1956. Hollywood Discovers the Empire Ranch – 1946 As World War II ended Hollywood began to film westerns on location in Southern Arizona. Duel in the Sun, starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, and Gregory Peck, was partially filmed on the Empire Ranch in 1945; the film was released in 1946. The Empire Ranch scenes in the movie are outdoor ones, featuring the iconic “…
- The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/the-partners-meet-and-prepare-to-travel-to-arizona-june-july-4-1876/…miles south of Tucson, which brings it in the middle of a splendid grazing country which is covered with grass the whole season. Mr. Fish’s title only covers 160 acres but as he has all that water in his section of the country there is very little danger of anyone settling near there… When Mr. Fish took up the ranch four years ago he expected to make it his home but was forced on account of the Indians to move back to Tucson. Mr. Fish offered to s…
- Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/…Coming August 8th!!! The Outlaw Josey Wales, June 2018, p. 3 Ride the High Country Pleases a Big Audience, Sep 2017, p. 1 Coming August 2nd…”Ride the High Country,” June 2017, p. 3 Westward the Women, Sep 2016, p. 1 Coming August 10th…”Westward the Women,” June 2016, p. 1 “The Shootist” Fundraiser–A Special Night Out at the Movies, Aug 2015, p. 1 Coming August 12th…”The Shootist”, May 2015, p. 3 “El Dorado,” A Classic Movie for a Classic Cause, Au…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/…one time for 72 days and wasn’t under a roof a single night. It was a big country and few “camps.” I rode all the time with a pack outfit. When I needed a fresh mount I just caught one. We had plenty of horses running with the cattle. I used to try to get to San Carlos once a month to get my mail. I’d stay a day, read the mail, answer what needed answering and be off the following day, maybe not see· anyone for another month. Of course, I was yo…
- 2023 Cowboy Festival Program
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/2023-cowboy-festival-program/…Bunker DeFrance, Marty Freese, Gene Freese, “In Front & Behind the Camera” Sunday, November 5, 2023 10 am–Doug Hocking, “Exploits of the High Five Gang” 11 am–Jay Van Orden, “There’s No Such Thing as an Apache” 12 pm–Sunshine Arrington, “Ranching From the Teenager’s Perspective” 1 pm–Faith Boice McCabe, “The Boice Family Legacy” WESTERN AUTHORS John Buzzard Doug Hocking Lewis Kirts John McLaughlin EDUCATIONAL/NON PROFIT DEMONSTRATIONS & BOOTHS Anz…
- Movies Filmed at the Ranch
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/movies-2/movies/…perado, Alex McArthur, Yaphet Kotto (1987 TV, Virgil W. Vogel) Duel In the Sun, Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten (1946, King Vidor) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming (1957, John Sturges) Gunman’s Walk, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, James Darren (1958, Phil Karlson) Gunsight Ridge, Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens (1957, Francis D. Lyon) Gunsmoke, James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake, several shows (1955-7…