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- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…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…
- 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/…n (160 acres) east of the Empire, along Cienega Creek. Empire Ranch and LCNCA landscape, 2016. Photo by Sally Reichardt September 10-16, 1876 – Indian Troubles Hislop writes (9/23/1876): “The Indians are beginning to be a bit troublesome again here. Last week they killed two ranchmen about 20 miles from our ranch and have run off the horses and mules belonging to another ranchman close to us, that is 20 miles southeast of us. It is beginning to lo…
- 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…
- 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/…nights constant travelling, sleeping all the time on the Pullman sleeping cars. You cannot form any idea what size America is until you begin to run on the railway which takes 7 days and 7 nights from New York to San Francisco.” Lick House, Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Source: Wikimedia Commons 6/23/1876 – San Francisco, California Walter Vail meets Herbert R. Hislop in San Francisco’s Lick House Hotel. Writing (6/23/1876) to his fiancée Mar…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…all in our power to get all the land we can as I easily see a stock ranch cannot be carried on in a limited space, but needs any amount of land. The glowing accounts one hears from people in London who perhaps have never seen a stock ranch as carried on in the far “West amount to nothing.” Walter Vail on horseback, ca. 1898. ERF archives: A530-42a Walter’s Travels – November-December 1877 Walter spent the latter part of 1877 traveling. He first v…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…did not, so I concluded to come to Los Angeles where I could get good medical care and treatment. I arrived night before last and as soon as I got here Dr. Worthington opened the leg and took out a great deal of bruised blood, as the main vein in the leg had been entirely severed with the kick, and the bruised parts had filled with blood. Of course, as you can understand it is rather painful sometimes and a recovery may be somewhat slower than I…
- Tour the Cienega Watershed
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2023/04/tour-the-cienega-watershed/…21 podcast-style stories that will automatically play at the 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…
- 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/…ty but in all places the world over. So far as Pima county is concerned we can see as little cause for crying hard times, as at any period within over six years. The farms have good crops and are receiving higher prices than 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 a…
- Cowboy Festival
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/…authentic western apparel; artwork; tack and supplies; collectibles; gift certificates for hotel stays or golf play; restaurant gift certificates; instruments; weekend getaways; time spent with well-known artist; baskets filled with goodies; handcrafted items; books; children’s toys; vacation home for a week; professional services, tickets to an entertainment or sporting event; jewelry, edibles – the list goes on and on. Be a Festival Volunteer M…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…inkling eyes, he holds a college degree, has been an executive of the American Cattleman’s association and head of the Arizona Cattle Growers association. He has served on their directorates for many years. But he is no armchair cowman. With his rope shaken into a small loop, held close to his side, he rides into the herd on a blocky brown gelding wearing a VH brand.” [Arizona Daily Star, 12/25/1938] Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, 1920s. Courtes…