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  • The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
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    …no station, east of Tucson and north of the Empire Ranch. Arizona Citizen, August 5, 1876. Source: Chronicling America August 5, 1876 – Good Times for Pima County An article in the Arizona Citizen, August 5th discusses the Pima County economy and possibly referred to Vail and Hislop’s explorations: “The song of hard times has been sung ever since we can remember anything. Not a year wholly passes without the doleful notes being more than uselessly…

  • Newsletter
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    …. 10, Issue 2) February (Vol. 10, Issue 1) 2008 November (Vol. 9, Issue 4) August (Vol. 9, Issue 3) May (Vol. 9, Issue 2) February (Vol. 9, Issue 1) 2007 November (Vol. 8, Issue 4) August (Vol. 8, Issue 3) May (Vol. 8, Issue 2) February (Vol. 8, Issue 1) 2006 November (Vol. 7, Issue 3/4) May (Vol. 7, Issue 2) February (Vol. 7, Issue 1) 2005 November (Vol. 6, Issue 4) August (Vol. 6, Issue 3) May (Vol. 6, Issue 2) February (Vol. 6, Issue 1) 2004 No…

  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …wned them out. He was ill with fever and got disgusted so let us have them cheap. We gave him 4/-a head, that is cheap enough and they come in very handy to us as meat and when we can get 50 lbs. of meat for 4/-it is not so bad. I think we shall sell them soon for 9/-apiece so if we do, it will not be a bad trade. One day when I was baking my bread I had left the kitchen for a moment to do something and when I returned I caught a snake under the s…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …I have had one or two scares and that is quite enough for me. We have about 800 head of cattle on the ranch, all cows, and Vail has just gone to New Mexico to buy about 40 good blooded bulls which he will bring here as soon as possible. I do not know how many calves we have at present but shall know by November, as then we shall brand and earmark them. From what I see riding round now, there are a good number. Our band of horses consists of 20 bro…

  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …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…

  • Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
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    …roctor, 1888. Courtesy of Proctor Family In Search of Peterson Murderers – August 1885 In early August Pima County Sheriff Paul enlisted help from the Empire Ranch to search for a group of four Apache Indians who had killed Mr. Peterson, the mail carrier, and stolen horses from ranches in the area. Walter Vail, Charles Proctor, and Phillip Moore participated in the search along with soldiers from Fort Huachuca. The Indians were not captured; they…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …rsity of Arizona Special Collections. Sale of the Empire Ranch Finalized – August 1929 On August 19, 1929 the Empire Land and Cattle Company Board of Directors held a special meeting to convey the lands of the Empire Ranch and other Vail Company properties to the Chiricahua Ranches Company. The contract was signed by Margaret Vail, N.R. Vail, Mary Vail Wilkinson, William Banning Vail, and Mahlon Vail. The CRC was represented by Henry G. Boice and…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …pted 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 Star, 6/5/…

  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …876, Los Angeles, California Herbert Hislop and Walter Vail purchase stage tickets from Indian Wells (now Indio) California to Tucson Arizona. Hislop describes the celebrating underway on 4th of July eve. “They were letting off fireworks and firing anvils in the streets. The way they fire anvils is this, they bury one anvil in the ground, the bottom side uppermost and fill the little square hole with gunpowder, placing the other anvil on the top…

  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
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    …icultural statistics documented ranching trends between 1940 and 1959. The number of “farms” reporting sales of cattle and/or calves decreased 42% while the number of live cattle and/or calves sold increased 134%. Boice/Rubel families: (back row) Henry G. and Margaret Boice; Ann and Fred Boice holding Fred Boice, Jr., Peggy and Jack Rubel. (front row, l-r, Jennifer Boice, Lynn Rubel, Mariann Boice, Henry Boice, John and Tom Rubel, 1961. Courtesy o…