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- 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…
- 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…
- 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/…
- Vail, Hislop, and Harvey 1877-1878
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-hislop-and-harvey-1877-1878/…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…
- Gift Shop
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/gift-shop/The Empire Ranch Foundation Gift Shop is located inside the Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Station. The Gift Shop is open: September – April Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11 am to 3 pm May – August Second and fourth Saturday, 11 am to 3 pm During special events Items for sale include Empire Ranch Foundation denim shirts, t-shirts and books, souvenir coffee cups, Western jewelry and an ever changing offering of gifts for youngsters and seniors – and eve…
- Volunteer in our Gift Shop
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2022/07/volunteer-in-our-gift-shop/We seek volunteers to work at our Gift Shop at the historic Empire Ranch. Volunteers are needed for four hour shifts on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Responsibilities include stocking, organizing, and cleaning the Gift Shop; processing sales using an iPad and Square software; providing general information about the Empire Ranch and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area; and completing various reports. Training for al…
- 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/…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…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…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…
- Gift Shop Member Discount
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2024/06/gift-shop-member-discount/…Effective July 1, 2024 the Empire Ranch Foundation is offering a 10% discount at our gift shop for active members of the Foundation. To join or renew your membership click on the READ MORE link below. …
- Buildings & Structures
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/buildings-and-structures/…hingles was constructed circa 1954 for Pancho and Sherry Boice. South Barn/Shops This building was constructed by Banning Vail circa 1920 as a horse barn and for storage (north end) and blacksmith and repair shop (south end). The southern room has a second level, and a forge and anvil in the northeast corner. Soot stains from the forge smoke still color the walls. After 1928 the north end of this building was primarily used for equipment and vehic…