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- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…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…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…he celebrated so-called “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 raid…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…t Ann “Peggy” Boice, 1940s. Courtesy of Lynn Rubel. Young Cattlegrowers of Southern Arizona – 1943 A new organization, the Junior Cattle men of South-Central Arizona was formed. “Ellis Mercer, of Sombrero Butte, was elected president, Frank Boice Jr., of Tucson, vice president, and Peggy Ann Boice, of Tucson, secretary and treasurer. Dan McKinney, Jr., was named historian. Mrs. Frank Boice and Carlos Ronstadt, of Tucson, were selected as sponsors…
- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…pted by its aggressive marketing efforts including: ”Millions of vacation “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/…
- Buildings & Structures
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/buildings-and-structures/…s a horse barn and for storage (north end) and blacksmith and repair shop (south end). The southern room has a second level, and a forge and anvil in the northeast corner. Soot stains from the forge smoke still color the walls. After 1928 the north end of this building was primarily used for equipment and vehicle storage. The room on the north end of the barn was enclosed to be used as a movie set for a filming at the ranch. The north room housed…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…as taken with the rest of the stock. I went over to receive and help gather 800 cows which we bought from a Mr. Miller, We followed the track of the Indians the next morning into the mountains but found that they outnumbered us and had every advantage in the world over our party, so we concluded to give up the chase. The Indians after taking our horses from the San Pedro they came right over to this part of the country and took horses from all the…
- 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/…Mr. Fish to look at a ranch which belongs to Mr. F. and is about 50 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…
- 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/…uring that time and since mostly loaded with construction material for the Southern Pacific.” The Southern Pacific Railroad did not reach Tucson until 1880. Its arrival significantly altered the cattle industry, providing the means by which to expand markets beyond southeastern Arizona. The Vail Company cattle were shipped primarily from the Pantano station, east of Tucson and north of the Empire Ranch. Arizona Citizen, August 5, 1876. Source: Chr…
- 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/…rses and mules belonging to another ranchman close to us, that is 20 miles southeast of us. It is beginning to look serious again but I hope that as we are now settled they will not disturb us, there is safety in numbers. They are not the same Indians that you read of in the papers. Ours are the Apaches and the ones that are fighting in the Black Hills are Sioux and are about 500 miles from us, as our ranch is 60 miles from Mexico and the Black Hi…
- Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/…rvation Progress, May 2012, p. 3 2006 Restoration Projects, Nov 2006, p. 3 South Barn Repair Plans and Schedule Revised, May 2006, p. 4 South Barn Repairs Now Definite, Feb 2006, p. 3 Year’s End Brings Good News from BLM, Nov 2005, p. 2 Stone Corral Group Effort Completes Stone Corral Repairs, Nov 2002, p. 2 Facelift and Restoration Ongoing for Stone Corral, Aug 2002, p. 3 Stone Corral Emergency Repairs Determined, Nov 2001, p. 3 Tack Room Tack Ro…