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- 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/…ol house with a young fellow I met in Tucson and I slept under a tree. The country around here is much better than I expected to find it they have plenty of water for irrigation and the crops look very well and there seems to be a good excitement about the mines which seem to be paying well. I see by the paper that Fish has advertised everything for sale in Tucson and amongst other things his ranch, the sale comes off the latter part of this month…
- Agents of Discovery
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/explore-empire-ranch-headquarters/agents-of-discovery/…ic Empire Ranch to start completing your challenges! Agents 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….
- Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-land-cattle-company-1883-1887/…raise up and be ready to embrace them. They wanted to get her in the open country but Shaw did not know how the land lay and fast as they got her started in the right direction he headed her off and she got in the hills again. Perhaps it is just as well someone might have got hurt. She was a brown bear. As she was sucking the little one she was thin but they said she would weigh 600 lbs. easy.” Cave in Gardner Canyon, near Thomas Gardner’s Apache…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…attle on it for several years and had more rain this year than most of the country. This ranch is called the Santa Barbara and is just south of the Empire along the American line. It contains 100,000 acres with the Buena Vista Ranch which adjoins it. I knew Señor Mascarenas quite well in the early 1890s and have been on his ranch several times. Banning is only driving cows down there and leaving the big calves and steers at the Empire.” [Letter fr…
- Western Movie Showings
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/western-movies-at-the-loft-cinema/…e film, with audience participation invited. Past movie showings at The Loft included: Gunfight at the OK Corral (2022) Oklahoma (2019) The Outlaw Josey Wales (2018) Ride the High Country (2017) Westward the Women (2016) The Shootist (2015) El Dorado (2014) 3:10 to Yuma (2013) Monte Walsh (2012) Red River (2011)…
- Area Attractions
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/attractions/…lly known as the “Mountain Empire.” Located in the heart of Arizona’s Wine Country at an elevation of 5,000 feet, the Sonoita plain is surrounded by breathtaking mountain ranges – the Santa Ritas, Whetstones, Huachucas, and Canelo Hills. Considered high desert grassland, Sonoita is extraordinarily beautiful with rolling hills, lush grasslands, Arizona ash and oak trees, and colorful wildflowers. There are many things to do and places to stay while…
- Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/…he lush rolling hills near Sonoita, it is in the heart of the prime cattle country and has been viewed by real estate developers as an ideal location for a housing sub division. Gulf American officials whose company is developing Rio Rico, a huge subdivision 10 miles north of Nogales, today admitted they are interested in a similar project in the Sonoita area. ‘We’ve talked about buying that ranch, but there are other firms that are also intereste…