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- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…e was for Vail & Vosburg’s Pantano Ranch that paid taxes on 2,280 acres of land, 2,300 cattle, 20 horses, 85 bulls, and 2 mules. 300 tons of alfalfa hay grown in the agricultural fields at the Empire Ranch in the South Barn, at the Empire Ranch, 1924. ERF archives A301-001 Overgrazing Problems – 1888 In the late 1880s overgrazing in Arizona was beginning to be a serious concern. In October Walter Vail went to Tempe, AZ and arranged to lease “500 a…
- 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/…d a couple of biscuits since the day before at 1 p.m. All night the wolves lay round us making night hideous with their yells, it just sounded as though the Indians were upon us, but we had our trusty revolvers with us always keeping them handy.” Vail writes (8/2/1876): “I left Tucson about 10 days ago since which time I have traveled about 200 miles in different directions which isn’t very easy work especially when one has to sleep all night in a…
- The Trip from Los Angeles to Tucson (July 5-13, 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/the-trip-from-los-angeles-to-tucson-july-5-13-1876/…son At Last! Hislop writes: “Breakfast at Desert Station at 5:30 a.m., the last place before arriving at Tucson, where we arrived at 12 m. which was our destination, 8000 miles odd from England and here we begin to look for a ranch which I am very glad of as it is tiring work doing nothing. The first thing I did was to have a good warm bath and hair cut as close as it could be done, as hair-cutting is a luxury I must dispense with soon. To be 8 da…
- 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/…00. In a few months this property would become the Empire Ranch. Virginia Flaccus, relates in her oral history with the Empire Ranch Foundation: “Grandfather, Edward Nye Fish, sent his brother-in-law, William Wakefield, out to homestead the Empire Ranch. Far be it from Grandpa to bother about that! Evidently Uncle Will did a lot of his footwork for him – a lot of mining and things like that, that Grandpa was interested in. Grandpa would put up the…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…nny kind of a box.” Perry Hilton had a 160 acre homestead claim in sections 22 & 23 of Range 19S, Township 17E, southeast of the Empire Ranch located in Section 18. USGS 1905 Patagonia Quadrant map. Neighbor Perry M. Hilton – February 1878 Walter identifies the neighbor causing problems: “One of our neighbors [Perry] Hilton who has sheep does everything he can to annoy us. Harvey and Hislop had trouble with him while I was away and he does not lea…
- 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/…20 percent of the Tucson basin’s groundwater recharge. Source: Yelp August 22 & 23, 1876 – The Purchase of the Empire Ranch is Recorded; New Owners Get to Work Transfer of Property from Edward N. Fish and Simon Silverburg to W.L. Vail and H.R.Hislop is recorded in Book 3, pages 551-554 in County of Pima, Recorder’s Office, Territory of Arizona. Sale price: $2,000. Vail writes to his brother Ned (8/23/1876): “I have been busy all day making arrang…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…to do. There were quite a few pens there, so that you could take care of a large number of cattle. And the fences had a little sort of walkway on top. There was a board about that wide on the top, so that you could walk around on the top of the fence and do things. And I remember a couple of years before we left [1928], that they started dehorning. They’d never done dehorning before.” [Dusty Vail Ingram oral history, 1993] Edward Vail photo of bro…
- Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/…ciation executive secretary, said employees of the Peabody Mine heard the plane late Sunday, realized it was in trouble and started looking. The wreckage was spotted before dawn Monday. The accident occurred 15 miles south of Tuba City at an area known as Perkins Mine.” [Arizona Daily Star, 11/20/1973] Pancho was flying to the Colorado feedlots. Pancho’s death was a devastating blow to the Boice family and Boice & Company. Empire Ranch House bay w…
- Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/…gh the roundup. I never was a steady cowboy ‘cause I was in and out at the last on roundup so I figure I worked for about two and one-half years or three years with all my ends and outs. So I think he is greatest man, Frank Boice, one of the best men I ever worked for.” [Jack and Oliene Cooper oral history, 1991] Jack also described the size of the crew and Mary Boice’s role: “They generally had about three or four steady riders up until roundup –…
- Tour the Cienega Watershed
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2023/04/tour-the-cienega-watershed/…eeded. The tour includes 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…