Empire Ranch Foundation

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  • Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-land-cattle-company-1883-1887/

    …1883. John Harvey Visits the Total Wreck – 1883 In February John Harvey visited the Total Wreck mine. He wrote an amusing tongue-in-cheek letter to Maggie (2/10/1883). “I promised to indite unto you an account of the commencement of operations at the Total Wreck Mill, and as I really did see it at work yesterday, I suppose I must try and tell you something about it. Well, early yesterday morning, I mounted my prancing steed “Billy” and having don…

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

    …had closed the deal with GAC but did not reveal the purchase price. Anamax officials have no immediate plans for developing the ranch, they say, and will continue to operate it as a cattle ranch. Anamax officials said the property may be used as a source of water for an intended copper mine in the Helvetia area, about three miles from the ranch boundary. The mine, if developed, would not be operational before 1980, Anamax officials have said. Boic…

  • Anamax Ownership, 1975-1988
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/anamax-ownership-1975-1988/

    …in Tucson scattering forever some of the finest Hereford bloodlines in the Southwest Brought to Arizona in 1912 from the sprawling XIT Ranch in Texas the herd has been the pride of the Boice family in Sonoita for generations. The herd belonged to the family of Robert G. Boice of Globe and to the estate of his late brother Frank. In a matter of a few hours the 890 animals – including 70 bulls – that had taken nearly three weeks to round up had been…

  • 2023 Cowboy Festival Sponsors
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/2023-festival-sponsors-supporters/

    …me and Ranch LLC Jean Miller Eric & Sissie Schrader Rachel Sells Friends of the Empire Ranch Cash Donors In Kind Donations Southwest Solutions…

  • History Overview
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/overview/

    …ranchers known for their promotion of the Hereford breed of cattle in the Southwest. Frank Boice and his wife, Mary Grantham Boice, moved to the Empire Ranch in 1929. Frank and Mary’s sons, Pancho and Bob, grew up on the Empire Ranch and as adults assisted with ranching operations. The Boices added many modern conveniences to the Ranch House. Propane, and eventually natural gas, was piped into the house; a large electric walk-in refrigeration uni…

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

    …Southern Pacific Railway Station and many others.’ [Tucson Garden Club website] WWII Draft Concerns – 1942 On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. By 1942 the draft was beginning to affect ranching operations throughout the west. “Frank Boice, president of the American National Livestock association, said Tue…

  • 2023 Cowboy Festival Program
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/2023-cowboy-festival-program/

    …tury” 11 am–Dawn Moore Santiago, “’One of the Coolest & Bravest Men in the Southwest Country’: Estevan Ochoa, Hispanic-American Entrepreneur of Arizona & New Mexico” 12 pm–Doug Hocking, “Mining and Prospecting” 1 pm–Rick Collins, “Quirky Episodes of Death and Danger in the Santa Cruz Valley” 2 pm–Dawn Hawkins, “History of the Mescal Movie Set” 3 pm–Bunker DeFrance, Marty Freese, Gene Freese, “In Front & Behind the Camera” Sunday, November 5, 2023…

  • Docent Tour Reservation Form
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/explore-empire-ranch-headquarters/docent-tour-reservation-form/

    …et at the Visitor Contact Station. Tours are free, and open to the public. Reservations are required for tours. Please complete and submit the form below to make a reservation or request additional information about tours. Reservations must be made by 5 pm the Friday before the tour date. Docent Tour Reservation “*” indicates required fields Name* Date* MM slash DD slash YYYY Tours are held on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month, except for the…

  • Docent-Led Tours
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/docent-led-tours/

    …gs in which they worked and lived. Tours are free, and open to the public. Reservations are required for tours. Click here to make a reservation. Reservations are due by 5:00 pm on the Friday before the tour. Special tours for groups can be scheduled by request. For more information about tours, call the Empire Ranch Foundation at 888-364-2829. Please be aware that the terrain around the Empire Ranch headquarters is primarily dirt with uneven surf…

  • Agents of Discovery
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/explore-empire-ranch-headquarters/agents-of-discovery/

    …gents of Discovery missions are available for sites in parks, forests, recreation areas, and museums around the country, including other nearby BLM sites: the San Pedro House, Fairbank, and Murray Springs Clovis Site….