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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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/

    …(8/6/1876): “Mr. Clum, the Indian agent that has charge of the San Carlos reservation started last week for the East with 25 Apache Indians, he expects to visit all the large cities in the East where he will show the Indians to pay the expense of transportation and keeping them which is quite an undertaking. Clum is a very fine fellow and I hope he will not lose money by the speculation.” Shipping Empire Ranch cattle at Pantano, ca 1898. ERF arch…

  • Banning Vail, 1909-1929
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/

    …on horseback, 1918. ERF archives: A510-014b World War I – 1917-1918 As the United States was drawn into World War I, implementation of the Selective Service Act of 1917 required that all males aged 21 to 30 register for military service on June 5, 1917. Banning registered on that date and did not claim any exemptions from service on his application. In September he was ordered to report for service. In February 1918 the Tucson Citizen reported: ‘B…

  • 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…

  • Membership & Volunteering
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/membership-and-volunteering/

    …es are achieved through the efforts of volunteers. Volunteer to help with preservation efforts, educational activities, the ERF Gift Shop, fundraising events, or with Foundation administration. Make a difference by volunteering at the Empire Ranch. We especially need help on our Volunteer Work Days at the ranch held on the first Saturday of most months, generally between the hours of 8am and 12 noon. To learn of scheduled Volunteer Days, click her…

  • Buildings & Structures
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/buildings-and-structures/

    …dition to the original Ranch House was added to provide room for staff and business offices (Rooms 9-18). Starting in 1878 the Victorian Addition for the family began to be constructed. It included six rooms constructed of adobe (Rooms 19-23, 29) and a Children’s Addition constructed of wood frame (Rooms 24-28). Place your cursor on the room number to learn more about the room’s use and function. Adobe Haybarn The ca. 1880 adobe barn is a large, t…

  • The Empire Ranch House
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/the-empire-ranch-house/

    …dition to the original Ranch House was added to provide room for staff and business offices (Rooms 9-18). Starting in 1878 the Victorian Addition for the family began to be constructed. It included six rooms constructed of adobe (Rooms 19-23, 29) and a Children’s Addition constructed of wood frame (Rooms 24-28). Hold cursor over the room number to display a brief description of the room. For more detailed descriptions of individual rooms, click on…

  • History Chronology
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/

    …Gudgell, Frank Seymour, and Charles Gudgell. Cattle ranching was a family business begun by their father, Henry Stephen Boice, so the chronology includes the history that led to the Boice family ownership of the Empire Ranch. Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928 Chiricahua Ranches Company Ownership, 1928-1951 Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969 1970-1988 This chronology documents the history of the Empire Ranch between 1970 and 198…