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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…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…n essential and an honored business We are men who are accustomed to doing business on a business basis and paying for what we get. We cannot afford to deal with our government in a manner different from that in which we would deal with another businessman. We cannot expect our government to take money collected from taxes and donate it to us. Such dealings would weaken the character of each of us prevent us from looking the world in the face and…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…t friends and then things are in a very unsettled condition as regards the business prospects of the country here we are all in hopes that there will be a change for the better soon.” Cornelius Finley. United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014 John Hicks Adams. United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014 Murders in Davidson Canyon – September/October 1878 Captain J.H. Adams and Cornelius Finley, who were managing a mine near Patagonia,…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/…Rim: Triplets Peak,Yellowjacket area and Mount Turnbull, San Carlos Apache Reservation. Courtesy of Chris English. Frank Boice to Boston – 1916 Frank Boice attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 1917, receiving degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering. He was at MIT when the U.S. entered World War I and he worked at Western Electric Laboratories where he developed a submarine detector. Boice, Gates and Johnson letterh…
- 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…
- 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…
- Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/…he lush rolling hills near Sonoita, it is in the heart of the prime cattle country and has been viewed by real estate developers as an ideal location for a housing sub division. Gulf American officials whose company is developing Rio Rico, a huge subdivision 10 miles north of Nogales, today admitted they are interested in a similar project in the Sonoita area. ‘We’ve talked about buying that ranch, but there are other firms that are also intereste…
- ERF Docent Training Class
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/erf-docent-training-class/…19 Feb ERF Docent Training Class 02/19/2022 9:00 am – 2:30 pm Empire Ranch Headquarters ERF Docent Training Class. 9 am to 2:30 pm. Click here to register for the class….
- 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/…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 shall perhaps be going into Mexico to buy cattle soon, as our ranch is only 60 miles away from the line.” Looking north across the Military Plaza, ca. 1890. Photo taken by Edward Vail, ERF archives: A530-61a August 26-31, 1876 – Setting Up Shop Vail writes to his fiancée Maggie (8/25/18…
- Docent Training Class
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/docent-training-class/…29 Feb Docent Training Class 02/29/2020 9:00 am – 2:30 pm Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Center Docent Training Class, 9 am to 2:30 pm. Visitor Contact Station. Click here for more information and to register….