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  • Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/

    …530-22 Edward Newhall Vail – December 1892 Edward Newhall Vail was born on December 8, 1892 in Los Angeles. He was named after Walter Vail’s brother, Edward “Ned” Vail. And his middle name – Newhall – was Margaret Vail’s maiden name. Edward Newhall’s family called Ned “Uncle Nedie.” He was also known as “Tio,” the Spanish word for Uncle. Registered Vail brands. Empire Ranch Foundation. Arizona Livestock Sanitary Commission – 1893 In February Walte…

  • 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/

    …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 grand parade, with four divisions, was planned to begin at 9…

  • 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/

    …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…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/

    …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…

  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …2013, p. 3 Family Fun Days!, Feb 2013. p. 3 Olde Time Holiday Celebration December 8, Nov 2012, p. 3 Family Fun Weekend, Nov 2011, p. 3 Family Summer Weekend in the Wild, August 6 & 7, May 2011, p. 2 Western Movies at The Loft Cinema and Under the Stars at the Empire Ranch Summer Movies, June 2024, p. 3 Gunman’s Walk, September 2023, p. 2 Gunfight at OK Corral, December 2022, p. 3 Movie Under the Stars, September 2022, p. 2 Gunfight at the OK Cor…

  • Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/

    …his cousin Tracy in Kansas where he was able to hunt for prairie chickens. December found him in Los Angeles visiting Uncle Nathan and Aunt Anna Vail. He met an acquaintance from Arizona who: “…said that when he left our cattle where looking very well where mostly all fit for beef, but a late letter received from Harvey reports the cattle fattening off somewhat for the want of grass.” Later in the month the news from Arizona was better: “I am glad…

  • 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/

    …who should stay and it fell to me which was not very cheerful. Cattle were lost so they had to go and find them. I slept with my revolver close to the bed that night and well loaded too. I was woke up during the night with a dog barking and listened very attentively but put it down as the wolves and turned over and went to sleep, not very soundly though.” Empire Ranch House parlor, 1890s. ERF archives: A300-077. July 29, 1876 – Slim Pickings for D…

  • 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/

    …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…

  • Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/chiricahua-ranches-company-ownership-1928-1951/

    …down to the farm, it is about 9 miles from the ranch. On Monday, September 26, the roundup and the camp moved up to the Apache ranch. It is northeast up the Apache mountain from the farm. They will stay up at the Apache ranch about three or four days. The cowboys that work at the Empire Ranch at the roundup are as follows: Frank Scott, Amos Davis. Westley Grantham, Red Swanson, Buck Williams. Odeal Williams. Earl Adams, Arche King. Blas Lopez, Ma…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/

    …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/…