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  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …’s Pacific Grove Resort at Monterey from 1880 to 1887. In 1887 he moved to Los Angeles to deal in real estate with A. E. Pomeroy. He knew nothing about ranching, but his strong business and investment background proved extremely helpful to Walter Vail. Nathan Russell, Banning, Mary, and Walter L. Vail, Jr., ca. 1890. ERF archives A530-21. William Banning Vail – April 1889 The fourth of Walter and Margaret’s children, William Banning Vail, was born…

  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …investors in the Empire Ranch. Both hailed from New Jersey but settled in Los Angeles by 1880. Map of Pacific Coast Steamship route. Source: Library of Congress Trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles Hislop writes: “From San Francisco we took steamer to Los Angeles which took us 3 days and 2 nights touching at Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo and Santa Monica for Los Angeles.” They probably traveled on a Pacific Coast Steamship Company vessel. P…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …S. Census. Margaret Vail and all her children were listed as living at the Los Angeles home. Image of Headquarters Buildings lost in the fire. Courtesy of Robin Pinto Fire at the Empire Ranch – May 1910 On May 9, 1910 a fire broke out at Empire Ranch Headquarters. Fortunately, a group of Fort Huachuca soldiers were camped there at the time and they helped to save the Ranch House and other structures. Except for the Farrier’s Shop, the fire destroy…

  • The Trip from Los Angeles to Tucson (July 5-13, 1876)
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    …s towards the end of the trip. Arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles, 1876. Source: Views of Early Los Angeles July 5, 1876 – Los Angeles to Indio Walter L. Vail and his partner, Herbert R. Hislop, leave Los Angeles for Tucson. Hislop writes, “Left Los Angeles for Tucson at 2:30 p.m. having girded on our revolvers and belts. We arrived at the end of the railroad at 11 p.m. At 10 p.m. we had to stop the train to clear the line as…

  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
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    …of the university, were as follows: 1st Frank Boice, of the CCC ranch. 2nd Carlos Ronstadt of the 7X. 3rd Thompson brothers of Dos Cabezos. 4th Babbitt brothers of Flagstaff. 5th Heady and Ashburn, of Patagonia.” [Arizona Daily Star, 7/9/1935] Cactus garden, 1930s. ERF archives: B206-70. Garden area south of Empire Ranch House, 1950s. ERF archives: B300-48. Flower beds, 1930s. ERF archives: B206-67. Fountain, 2011. ERF archives: D606-741a. Mary Bo…

  • Austin Moss
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  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …nsas where he was able to hunt for prairie chickens. December found him in Los Angeles visiting Uncle Nathan and Aunt Anna Vail. He met an acquaintance from Arizona who: “…said that when he left our cattle where looking very well where mostly all fit for beef, but a late letter received from Harvey reports the cattle fattening off somewhat for the want of grass.” Later in the month the news from Arizona was better: “I am glad to hear that Harvey i…

  • Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
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    …na in late 1882 to persuade the Apache chief Geronimo to return to the San Carlos Indian reservation. John Selah Vosburg. Courtesy of Jenn Hoff. Pantano Ranch – 1884 In 1884 Walter Vail concluded a cattle partnership agreement separate from the Empire Land and Cattle Company. He contracted to operate the 2,700-acre Pantano Ranch with John Selah Vosburg, a Tucson merchant. The ranch straddled both sides of Pantano Wash from Rincon Valley east to Me…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
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    …ley so the CCC shifted its grazing operations to permitted land on the San Carlos and Fort Apache Indian reservations. [Richard Schaus, Hereford Tradition of Arizona’s Boices, 1959] Henry S. Boice residence, 1355 South El Molino, Pasadena. Courtesy of California State Library. A Home in Pasadena, CA – 1910 By 1910 the Henry Boice family’s residence was in Pasadena, CA. The children’s education required that they live in a city during the school ye…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …ere prompted 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 St…