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- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…ne in our area who is hauling water yet,’ he said. ‘Most of the people depend on windmills. There’s talk among some of the ranchers… thinking about maybe doing something with the cows, selling or moving them’.” [Arizona Republic, 4/15/1971] Fred Boice, 1960s. ERF archives: B203-17 Arivaca Headquarters Sold by Fred Boice – 1971 “Approximately 3000 acres of the Arivaca Ranch about 60 miles south of Tucson have been sold to Morton Freedman of Chicago…
- 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/…that his eye was larger than his stomach. I surrounded the pudding with brandy and set light to it in the regular old style. Though we are in a rough country we try to enjoy ourselves sometimes, not being able to get a wild turkey we got 4 wild ducks, letting them hang for more than a week to give them a flavour and I stuffed and trussed these as best I could and I thought equal to a poulterer, only I had no sage and onions but plenty of breadcru…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…Mary’s hospital suffering from several broken ribs, a badly injured left hand and other body bruises as a result of the turning over of his automobile, on the Patagonia highway north of Sonoita.” [Arizona Daily Star, 6/16/1928] Dusty recounted: “I think that he never really fully recovered from the accident that he’d had. It had been such a severe shock all the way through, and he suffered such pain and agony in his…he’d had all the flesh stripped…
- 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/…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 organizations like the Los Angeles Guard and Turn-Verein Germania (admission $1). Other events included a “balloon ascension” by the people of El Monte. 7/3/1876, Los Angele…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…rs of raiding Chiricahua Apache warriors, and neighborly competition for land and water resources. Cowboys and horses in Empire Ranch corral, ca. 1900. ERF Archives A536-197. Horseshoeing and Interior Decorating – January 1877 In January 1877 Vail writes (1/2/1877): “We are having a great time this afternoon shoeing horse, I am head horseshoer, Hislop is 2nd and Harvey and the man help hold the horses which generally cut up a shine before we get t…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…steers overland to the Warner Ranch. The drive began on January 29, 1890 and ended 2 months and ten days later. In addition to Edward Vail and Tom Turner the men who participated in the drive included “six Mexican cowboys from the ranch and a Chinese cook.” Men who drove 900 cattle to California in 1890. Left to right: Chapo Miranda, Jose Blas P. Lopez, George E. Lopez, Nestor [last name unknown], Francisco [last name unk], man in black outfit is…
- Tour the Cienega Watershed
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2023/04/tour-the-cienega-watershed/…appropriate location using your phone’s GPS. The route loop includes the Gabe Zimmerman Trailhead (in Vail), Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, the Empire Ranch Headquarters, wildlife viewing and many other features along Hwy. 83 ending (or beginning) in Sonoita. And you don’t even have to drive through the watershed to enjoy the tour! You can download the tour to your computer or tablet, listen to each of the site descriptions, and view pho…
- 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/…ing to feel a work steer to see what condition he was in when he turned round and gave a kick on my leg but it did not hurt me much, only bruised it a little, but it might have broken my leg. I was thankful it was not worse.” Vail writes (8/2/1876): “Hislop & I both bought horses when we first arrived in Tucson and we use them whenever we go in the country, he calls his John and I call mine Punch as he is a little thick set Indian pony they are bo…
- Cowboy Festival
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/…w the 2023 Cowboy Festival sponsors. Donate Auction/Raffle Items Auctions and Raffles are a significant part of the fun and help support this event. Do you have an item you’d like to donate to our auction/raffle? We’re looking for items that are western, for cowboys or cowgirls (or can be used by same), but all items from dinner to services are welcome – large and small! Don’t limit yourself to the obvious, please think outside the corral! Here’s…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…ed yesterday by Ernest S. Wickersham of Safford, president of the Border Land and Cattle Company.” [Arizona Daily Star, 5/19/1930] “Cattle have been grazing the Arivaca ranges since long before the American Revolution.” [Richard Schaus, Hereford Tradition of Arizona’s Boices, 1959] Charles Boice and his wife Birdie moved from the Eureka Ranch to manage the Arivaca Ranch. Fred Barnett, ca. 1931. B206-27 Fred Barnett to the Eureka Ranch – 1930 Fred…