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- 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/…and Hislop as a partner in the Empire Ranch venture. His uncle had been a business partner of Walter’s uncle, Nathan Vail, and Harvey brought with him some badly needed cash to help expand the ranching operation. The trio came to be known locally as the English Boys Outfit, despite the fact that Walter Vail hailed from New Jersey. Hislop and Vail only mention this new partner in passing in their letters. Hislop writes (10/22/1876): “At the time I…
- History Chronology
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/…tween 1970 and 1988. In 1969 Boice & Company sold the Empire Ranch to Gulf American Corporation (GAC) which planned to build a housing development on the land. Boice & Co. retained a grazing lease with GAC so Pancho Boice continued to live at the Empire Ranch. In 1975 GAC sold the Empire Ranch to Anamax Mining Company and discontinued the grazing lease with Boice & Co. Rancher John Donaldson assumed the grazing lease with Anamax. In 1988 the Burea…
- Education
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/education/…s are generally held once a year at Empire Ranch headquarters. The initial class is six hours in length. Upon completion of the class each docent receives individual tour training. Interested in becoming a docent? Click here for more information about the docent training program. Presentations Foundation speakers are available to provide educational presentations to classrooms or community groups on the history of the Empire Ranch and the Empire R…
- Docent Training Program
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/education/docent-training-program/…s are generally held once a year at Empire Ranch headquarters. The initial class is six hours in length. Upon completion of the class each docent receives individual tour training. New docents are asked to complete the Docent Training session, and also to participate in home study, and individual practice/training. You will also be asked to give four tours annually. These tours may be regularly scheduled Saturday tours or part of a special event s…
- Special Recreation Permits
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/visiting-policies/special-recreation-permits/…organizations and organizations seeking to make a profit are automatically classified as commercial, even if that part of their activity covered by the permit is not profit-making or the business as a whole is not profitable. Use of the public lands by scientific, educational, and therapeutic institutions or non-profit organizations is commercial and subject to a permit requirement when it meets any of the threshold criteria above. The non-profit…
- 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/…t succeed. Had more offers of ranches, it is astonishing how quickly one’s business is known in a small place like this. Everybody has the best to sell. It is quite amusing to hear them talk and hear them contradict each other, running down each other as thieves and rascals, but we have our money and intend to keep it unless we get a place suited to our requirements and on reasonable terms.” The availability of riding stock had not improved since…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…en Air school was “located in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hereford. All classes are held out of doors throughout the year, the only time when the comfort of a house is sought being during rains or severe sand storms.” [Arizona Daily Star, 10/4/1925] The house was designed by famed Tucson architect, Henry C. Trost, still stands, and is located at 340 N. Main, Tucson. Corporal Claude Wells on the Yuma bridge, 1924. Courtesy of Adolph Spanghel Col…
- Reading List
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/articles-and-links/…rrison and Paul Niedenger, Volume 1, December 1992, revised 2020. Historic American Landscape Survey: Empire Ranch. Washington, DC, National Park Survey, 2016. HALS AZ-19. History of the Empire Ranch by Gregory Paul Dowell. Master’s Thesis, University of Arizona, 1978. Posted with permission of Gregory Paul Dowell. Journal of a Special Place from Ranch Land to Public Preserve text by Jan Barstad, photographs by Jerry Sieve. Arizona Highways Septem…
- Recognition & Awards
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/awards/…ice – Governor’s Heritage Preservation Honor Award – Empire Ranch Historic American Landscapes Survey Cienega Watershed Partnership – Wall of Honor 2016 Arizona State Preservation Office – Governor’s Heritage Preservation Honor Award – Adobe Haybarn Project National Park Service – 2016 Historic American Landscape Survey Challenge 2013 U.S. Department of Interior – Partners in Conservation Award 2012 Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Committe…
- Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/…015, p. 1 Coming August 12th…”The Shootist”, May 2015, p. 3 “El Dorado,” A Classic Movie for a 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 P…