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

    …re 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 4th Saturday in December. Number attending the tour* Email address* Phone Special Reques…

  • 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/…

  • Education
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/education/

    …request. Click here for more information about docent tours and to make a reservation. Docent Training Docent training classes 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 availa…

  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
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    …Centennial Celebration, Nov 2011, p. 1 Heart for the Empire, Nov 2010, p.1 Classic Cowboy Country!, Nov 2009, p. 1 Round ’em Cowboys, Nov 2008, p. 1 Roundup Dinner and Barn Dance Shakes the Rafters, Feb 2008, p. 3 Growing Up on the Empire, Nov 2007, p. 1 Roundup Rescheduled to October 27, Aug 2007, p. 1 BLM Celebration and Collaboration, Nov. 2006, p. 2 Roundup Open House Features the Woman’s Touch, Nov 2006, p. 1 Hollywood Makes History at Empire…

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

    …Bunker DeFrance, Marty Freese, Gene Freese, “In Front & Behind the Camera” Sunday, November 5, 2023 10 am–Doug Hocking, “Exploits of the High Five Gang” 11 am–Jay Van Orden, “There’s No Such Thing as an Apache” 12 pm–Sunshine Arrington, “Ranching From the Teenager’s Perspective” 1 pm–Faith Boice McCabe, “The Boice Family Legacy” WESTERN AUTHORS John Buzzard Doug Hocking Lewis Kirts John McLaughlin EDUCATIONAL/NON PROFIT DEMONSTRATIONS & BOOTHS Anz…

  • Movies Filmed at the Ranch
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/movies-2/movies/

    …perado, Alex McArthur, Yaphet Kotto (1987 TV, Virgil W. Vogel) Duel In the Sun, Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten (1946, King Vidor) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming (1957, John Sturges) Gunman’s Walk, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, James Darren (1958, Phil Karlson) Gunsight Ridge, Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens (1957, Francis D. Lyon) Gunsmoke, James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake, several shows (1955-7…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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

    …2 to persuade the Apache chief Geronimo to return to the San Carlos Indian reservation. John Selah Vosburg. Courtesy of Jenn Hoff. Pantano Ranch – 1884 In 1884 Walter Vail concluded a cattle partnership agreement separate from the Empire Land and Cattle Company. He contracted to operate the 2,700-acre Pantano Ranch with John Selah Vosburg, a Tucson merchant. The ranch straddled both sides of Pantano Wash from Rincon Valley east to Mescal Arroyo an…