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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…
- 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/…for years past. Placer miners are takin out as much gold as at any time. A number of stockmen are exploring the mountains for the best localities for water and grass and intend to soon decide upon places and engage regularly and permanently in growing cattle in Pima county the best by all odds in the Territory for the business.” Southeastern Arizona’s summer rains (monsoons) result in spectacular vegetation growth, as show in this recent photo at…
- 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…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…Rita Hotel on Scott Street. Methods of gardening in the desert area have always been a high priority, but during the WWII years the members became very involved in civic projects: bond drives, creating a Patriotic Garden at the Southern Pacific Railway Station and many others.’ [Tucson Garden Club website] WWII Draft Concerns – 1942 On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required a…
- 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/…rvation Progress, May 2012, p. 3 New Volunteer Docents, May 2012, p. 4 New Wayside Signs Surround Ranch House, Feb 2012, p. 3 Preservation Projects Address Major Needs, May 2011, p. 2 New at the Empire Ranch, Nov 2010, p.3 Master Bedroom Interpretation, Aug 2010, p.2 Volunteer Power!, Aug 2010, p.3 Preservation Successes!, May 2010, p.1 Preservation Continues on Many Fronts, Nov 2009, p. 3 Preservation Progress, Aug 2009, p. 2 Preservation Update,…
- Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/…’ And Father replied, ‘Yes, Fred, I am somewhat afraid, but it is the only way I know to make men out of them.’” “And we got along all right. The worst thing that happened was when Frank broke his hand and had to ride 40 miles to get it put in a cast. On his way back he intended to stay with one of the Indian Agents, at his camp overnight but when he got there the man was gone and left no grub cooked; so Frank had to cook his supper – with one han…
- Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-land-cattle-company-1883-1887/…would hold on the side while we were awake so were all right then but the minute we would go to sleep we would let go and roll down in the middle. The next night Walter and Baby had the cot so I had the old mattress and it were not so bad. Brown bear and cub. Courtesy of Russ McSpadden / Center for Biological Diversity. An Encounter with a Bear – August 1884 “The first afternoon there Walter, Shaw (the new foreman) and Leon Mathers went out to ta…