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  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …[Arizona Daily Star, 10/6/1905] Entrance to Agricultural Park. Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles Refugee Committee – April 1906 Citizens of Los Angeles mobilized after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to aid those affected. Walter Vail was appointed as chair of the “Refugee Committee” and set about establishing camps for those displaced at various locations. The first camp was set up in Agricultural Park (now called Exposition Pa…

  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …Centinela Adobe” is currently located in the Westchester/Inglewood area of Los Angeles, near Los Angeles International Airport. The Round House, Los Angeles, ca. 1890 Source: Wikipedia 4th of July Centennial Walter Vail and Herbert Hislop were in Los Angeles at a significant moment in American history – the centennial of Independence Day, July 4, 1876. Many communities across the country planned 3 day celebrations (July 3-5). In Los Angeles, a gra…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …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…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …said he could do nothing without authority from the supreme government of Mexico…” A letter was dispatched to Mexico City but since a reply would take at least a month the “extradition” party returned to the U.S. Walter Vail, ca. 1890. ERF archives: A530-43 Walter Elected to the AT Legislature – October 1878 In October 1878 Walter was also elected to Arizona’s 10th Territorial Legislature as a representative from Pima County. He was thus required…

  • The Trip from Los Angeles to Tucson (July 5-13, 1876)
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    …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 we were caught in a sandstorm which blocke…

  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
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    …Sonoita, Ariz., association president, reported that United States cattle numbers are now close to the record figure of 76,000,000 head, an increase of 1,000,000 in the last year. Boice said the slaughter increased to 28,000,000 head in 1942. He predicted that marketings this year would surpass the 30,000,000-goal set by the secretary of agriculture. Boice cited these figures to prove that cattlemen are doing their best in wartime, but he forecas…

  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …the trail of the stock and thieves, thinking first it might lead to San Carlos, but it led directly to New Mexico, and they followed it to east of the San Simon valley, near the New Mexican line, and were obliged to give up the chase without recovering any stock or punishing any Indians. They are much discouraged and if not afforded more adequate protection, will soon have to abandon their homes which they have so long been trying to make comforta…

  • Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
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    …les – April 1886 In 1886 Geronimo’s warriors were crossing the border from Mexico again. It was to be the last of their raids before Geronimo’s final surrender in September 1886. The Vail’s were in Los Angeles when Mary E. Nickoll wrote to Margaret Vail [4/30/1886] about recent raids: “Dear friend, being as everything is in the greatest excitement over the Indians I will drop you a few lines thinking you and Mr. Vail would like to know that everyt…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
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    …f grazing licenses of Arizona cattlemen grazing their herds on the San. Carlos Indian reservation. Difficulties concerning the appIication of San Carlos licenses arose a short time ago, necessitating Mr. Boice’s presence in Washington to effect a readjustment to protect the interests of growers of that section.” [Weekly Journal-Miner, Prescott. 11/29/1922] The Boice brothers faced some difficult decisions: “Where to go with 20,000 cows?” “Moving t…

  • 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/…