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  • The Partners Meet and Prepare to Travel to Arizona (June-July 4, 1876)
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    …of his plans to go into the sheep business in Arizona: “I have heard so many different reports that I have decided to go and examine for myself. A young man by the name of McCartney…is going with me.” A month later (12/11/1875) Vail wrote: I just returned yesterday from a trip in the country. I went out with Mr. Fish to look at a ranch which belongs to Mr. F. and is about 50 miles south of Tucson, which brings it in the middle of a splendid grazi…

  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
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    …oll Gates, took over as general manager of the Empire Land and Cattle Company, the Pauba Ranch Company, and other miscellaneous investments previously held in partnership with Vail, until its ownership under Walter’s estate could be settled. [Gregory Dowell, History of the Empire Ranch, 1978] Margaret Vail, ca. 1910. Margaret always wore black after Walter’s death. ERF archives: A530-77a Margaret and the Children Regroup – 1907 “Dusty” Vail Ingram…

  • Empire Ranch is Purchased and the Hard Work Begins (August-December 1876)
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    …ranch which I am sorry to say is very soon answered as we haven’t bought any stock yet of any account we have a small band of between 600 & 700 sheep and about 50 head of horses & colts, but we are trying to buy cattle which we expect to stock the place with them & don’t intend to do much in the horses or sheep business.” Herbert Hislop probably used Room 1 or Room 3 as his quarters. Walter Vail occupied the other room of the original four-room s…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
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    …f you were only here now I would be perfectly happy. This country is quite different to what it was a year ago there are a great many ladies coming to the country and I think you would be quite surprised if you could attend a party in Tucson there has been a new hall built which is a prettier room for dancing than any in Plainfield. If we could only be together this evening, if you were to drop down in my room, I don’t think you would think it suc…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
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    …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, 6/5/1970] In September the P&Z Commission “The Pima County Planning and Zoning Commission yesterday approved the GAC Properties, Inc., Empire Ranch area plan but adde…

  • The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
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    …rices 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 and permanently in growing cattle in Pima county the best by all odds in the Territory for the business.” Southeastern Arizona’s summer rains (monsoons) result in spectacular vegetation growth, as show in this recen…

  • 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…

  • Tour the Cienega Watershed
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    …tories 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 tablet, listen to…

  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
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    …Ranch. “About 75 Tucson men and women were hired as extras during the company’s stay here. An equal number of construction workers were hired to help build three sets used.” [Tucson Citizen, 11/21/1949] The movie was released in 1950. Around the campfire at Rosemont, 1940s. ERF archives: (B350-93) Corporate Changes and Land Sales – 1950 In May 1950 the Chiricahua Ranches Limited Partnership was reformed once more. Henry G. and Frank S. Boice were…

  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
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    …ose through Broadway to tough dramatic roles, now heads his own movie company. His co-star is Oscar-winning Anthony Quinn, a man able and willing to say more than “they went thataway” at the drop of a sombrero.” [Arizona Daily Star, 4/4/1958] The photo illustrating this post resulted when Mary Boice suggested to Mary and Bob Bowman, who had been branding cows, that they drive over with her to see the film site. On nearing, someone came running ove…