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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…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…
- 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, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…it is hard to tell I don’t think he would steal anything he couldn’t get away with but my opinion is that his getting away capacity is pretty large.” Amy Hislop Tate. Hislop’s letters were primarily written to his sister, Amy, who in 1885 married Sir Henry Tate. Courtesy of Nancy Pace. No Place for Honest Men – August 1877 Hislop’s outlook on life in Arizona continued to deteriorate: “… but then as I have made my bed so must I lie, and I try to b…
- 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/…this letter in rather a hurry as I am going to drive into Tucson 50 miles away, in a day we always do it, and wish to write to let you know I have received your letter. I drive now in a different style, an old covered wagon with a pair of draught horses and cart harness, no groom behind in buttons, and my costume simply a shirt and trousers with a handkerchief round my neck.” John Harvey with his horse “Billy” in the Empire Ranch corral area, 1880…
- 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/…at the ranch at first was I foolishly travelled all night on horseback over 30 miles in order to get away from Tucson, as I never feel well there. It is too hot, over 100° in the shade, but I am glad to say now I feel all well again and we have come back to Tucson to get workman to fix our house for us, as we are fifty miles from town and only one house between us and town, yet whenever I am at the ranch I feel very happy and when in Tucson I feel…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…those who fail to wear the traditional western garb.” [Arizona Daily Star, 3/7/1948] Frank Boice provided the corral described above. Peggy Boice competed in the rodeo and won the Best All Around Cowgirl award after accumulating the most points in the event. She was also a Rodeo Queen contestant. Austin Moss on horseback, 1940s. ERF archives, B406-201 Foot and Mouth Disease – 1948 In 1947 the U.S. and Mexican governments worked together to contro…
- Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/…ad a nice chat together. It was really nice, and I kind of felt like, in a way, equal. But the way you do, when you get up sixteen years of age, and you’re doing men’s work, you’re actually regarded as an equal, in a way. It was important to do that, and I liked that. It kind of helped me in my thinking way of life. Mary [Boice], she had breakfast out in the kitchen there in the big house. It was dark out there [about 5 am], and our horses were ou…
- Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/…Classic Cause, Aug 2014, p. 1 Coming at the Loft…”El Dorado,” May 2014, p. 3 3:10 to Yuma & the Fords Draw a Great Crowd, Aug 2013, p. 1 Western Movie at Loft Draws a Capacity Crowd, Aug 2012, p. 2 “Red River” Fundraiser Draws 250 Guests, Aug 2011, p. 2 “Red River at The Loft”–A Classic Movie for a Classic Cause, July 14…May 2011…p. 3 The Decoy Premier Packs the House, Nov. 2006, p. 2 Preservation & Restoration Process and Policies Historic Prese…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/…d its cool, clear little spring of water which rises nearby…” [Arizona Highways, March, 1945, pp. 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 Californi…
- 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/…Independence Day, July 4, 1876. Many communities across the country planned 3 day celebrations (July 3-5). In Los Angeles, a grand parade, with four divisions, was planned to begin at 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of 4th and 5th Streets and ending at Round House Gardens where the “literary exercises” of the day would take place. The Los Angeles Herald included ads for several “Grand Balls” to be held the evening of July 4th sponsored by organizati…