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  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …urces, May 2007, p. 4 The Empire Ranch Makes Great Reading, Feb 2007, p. 3 New: Index to Newsletters, Nov 2005, p. 4 Natural Resources Tour LCNCA and the Cienega Watershed, June 2023, p. 3 Celebrating 20 Years of Shared Conservation Stewardship, December 2020, p. 1 Healing Rains, Sep 2017, p. 3 Sawmill Fire Scorches Las Cienegas Area, June 2017, p. 1 Christmas Snow Blankets the Empire Ranch, Mar 2017, p.1 Cottonwoods, more than just a backdrop, Ju…

  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …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…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …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, were murdered in Davidson Canyon, north of the Empire Ranch, on Sept 2, 1878. According to Edward Vail Adams and Finley had st…

  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
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    …43 “Frank S. Boice of Sonoita, Ariz., association president, reported that United States cattle numbers are now close to the record figure of 76,000,000 head, an increase of 1,000,000 in the last year. Boice said the slaughter increased to 28,000,000 head in 1942. He predicted that marketings this year would surpass the 30,000,000-goal set by the secretary of agriculture. Boice cited these figures to prove that cattlemen are doing their best in wa…

  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
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    …red Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming and was released in 1957. New Ranch House, 2018. ERF archives: D606-424 “New Ranch House” is Built – 1956 Pancho and Sherry Boice completed construction of their home, located on a rise just north of the Empire Ranch House. The house was designed by Pancho and included three bedrooms, two baths, a large kitchen and dining room, and an office. Pancho and Sherry’s four children would grow up in this h…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …0/1927] Will Rogers was a good friend of Banning’s younger brother, Edward Newhall Vail. They played polo together in California. Louise Fazenda, Ann Rork and Will Rogers in A Texas Steer. 1927. Courtesy of MakSiccar on Pinterest. Will Rogers to Film on the Empire or Rail X Ranches – July 1927 An article in the Arizona Daily Star noted that Will Rogers was planning to use locations on either the Empire Ranch or the Rail X ranch as locations for hi…

  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …as the English Boys Outfit, despite the fact that Walter Vail hailed from New Jersey. Hislop and Vail only mention this new partner in passing in their letters. Hislop writes (10/22/1876): “At the time I am writing there is a company of soldiers on our ranch camping, in search of Indians. They are about 200 yds. from the house and I am all alone again, as my other two partners have gone to look at some corn fodder which we want for our horses dur…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …“tickets” to the Tucson-Nogales area are being distributed throughout the United States by GAC Properties of Arizona as part of a new sales promotion program… the tickets offer an opportunity for visitors to see the company’s Rio Rico development north of Nogales as well as its new project at Empire Ranch when it opens for land sales in early 1971.” [Arizona Daily Star, 6/5/1970] In September the P&Z Commission “The Pima County Planning and Zonin…

  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …om Los Angeles. He introduced us to another Englishman, Freeman by name of Freeman…” Mr. Freeman was most likely Daniel Freeman who actually hailed from Ontario, Canada. He became wealthy farming barley, lemons, olives and almonds on his Southern California ranch. Centinela Adobe, 1890 Source: Wikipedia Wolf Hunt Near Los Angeles Vail writes: “Last Saturday (July 1st) Hislop and I were invited out in the country to a wolf hunt which was gotten up…

  • Vail & Harvey, 1879-1882
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    …lter married Margaret Newhall on June 15, 1881 at Holy Innocents Chapel in New Market, New Jersey. Six weeks after their marriage Walter headed back to Arizona – the plans were for Maggie to come later. Walter wrote to her from New Mexico: “I expect you will be surprised to hear from me from this place. There has been a fearful wash out on the Railroad and the company brought us to this place and intend to transfer us across the mountains in carri…