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  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …Classic Cause, Aug 2014, p. 1 Coming at the Loft…”El Dorado,” May 2014, p. 3 3:10 to Yuma & the Fords Draw a Great Crowd, Aug 2013, p. 1 Western Movie at Loft Draws a Capacity Crowd, Aug 2012, p. 2 “Red River” Fundraiser Draws 250 Guests, Aug 2011, p. 2 “Red River at The Loft”–A Classic Movie for a Classic Cause, July 14…May 2011…p. 3 The Decoy Premier Packs the House, Nov. 2006, p. 2 Preservation & Restoration Process and Policies Historic Prese…

  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …nd it is believed he also sustained internal injuries. Upon arrival at the springs a telephone message was sent to Mrs. Vail at Los Angeles, and she replied that she would leave at once on a special train accompanied by the family physician. The train was run to Temecula and from there it was necessary for her to take a forty-mile drive.” [Arizona Daily Star, 10/6/1905] Entrance to Agricultural Park. Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library Los Ange…

  • The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
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    …map by George Roskurge, 1893 showing location of Davidson Canyon. Davidson Springs were close to the Andrade Ranch. July 23, 1876 – Breakfast at Davidson Springs Hislop writes (8/7/1876): “We got up at sunrise and saddled our horses which looked pretty well considering that they had not had any water since the day before at 2 p.m. and rode away to try and find the road. We felt pretty cold and miserable I can tell you and were suffering from thirs…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …lans Falter – 1973 “The GAC Corp., whose stock price has been in a general decline for the past year, is trying to sell its undeveloped 35,000-acre Empire Ranch property near Sonoita, a huge tract the firm once planned to convert into a city of up to 180,000 people. George E. Buscher, president of GAC Properties of Arizona Inc., the national land development firm’s subsidiary in Arizona, said today that negotiations are in progress to sell the pro…

  • 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/

    …30 a.m., not getting breakfast till 12:30 p.m. Then changed again at Canon Springs [Canyon Springs] still on the Desert where we had an accident which might have been very serious. We had 6 horses that were half broken and when the driver wanted them to start they began bucking… and bolted away, the reins breaking. I never heard any man swear like the driver did. I really thought he had gone mad as he kept it up so long.” Ferry Boat Crossing the C…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
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    …ends Into Beaver county, Okla., and also includes a large strip of land in Colorado. The run of cattle on the ranch this year numbers over 20,000 head and this was the first shipment made. The ranch is well equipped with modern improvements, such as windmills and water tanks on all parts of the immense track of land, which is all under fence. There are also erected on the ranch sheds and other storm protectors. [The Geuda Springs Herald, 9/25/1903…

  • 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…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
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    …Steer. 1927. Courtesy of MakSiccar on Pinterest. Empire Ranch to be Sold – January 1928 On January 19, 1928 Banning Vail and his brother Russell visited Frederic Winn, Forest Supervisor, at his Tucson office. They informed Mr. Winn that “…they have a deal on with Mr. Henry G. Boice of the Chiricahua Ranches Company of Phoenix, AZ, under the terms of which the Chiricahua Ranches Company are to take over all ranch property both on and off the Forest…

  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …Independence Day, July 4, 1876. Many communities across the country planned 3 day celebrations (July 3-5). In Los Angeles, a grand parade, with four divisions, was 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 organizati…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …l, 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 through with them. We were all chafing Hislop this evening about fixing up his room so much he says that he intends papering the walls & if…