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  • Tour the Cienega Watershed
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/2023/04/tour-the-cienega-watershed/

    …avelStory and select “Tour the Cienega Watershed” to save the tour on your phone. Once you’ve download the app and the tour, no Internet access is needed. The tour includes 21 podcast-style stories that will automatically play at the appropriate location using your phone’s GPS. The route loop includes the Gabe Zimmerman Trailhead (in Vail), Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, the Empire Ranch Headquarters, wildlife viewing and many other feat…

  • Vail & Harvey, 1879-1882
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-harvey-1879-1882/

    …been a fearful wash out on the Railroad and the company brought us to this place and intend to transfer us across the mountains in carriages. The prospect is not a very pleasant one though much better than to remain here. I am very glad that you did not come as it would have been a fearful trip for you from this place on. A great many of the passengers are looking forward to the ride as a pleasant one, but if they all felt like I do about it and h…

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

    …state that eight men were killed on Richardson & Gormleys Ranch, that his place was attacked, but it was not, they were killed near there but his place was not attacked.” Mrs. A.L. Peck, her 11-month baby, and a young hired hand, Charles Owen, were killed at their ranch near Aqua Fria. Mrs. Peck’s 12-year-old niece was kidnapped, and Mr. Peck’s life was spared. The niece was later rescued in Mexico by Mexicans who fought the raiding party. [Arizo…

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

    …ion 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, two-story building, 61- feet by 28- feet. It has 12-foot walls on north and south elevations, and is over 20- feet tall at its west gable peak. The walls were constructed using 16-inch adobe blocks up to the level of roof bearing. Above that height, the gable portion is…

  • Boice Family Ranching History, 1859-1928
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/boice-family-ranching-history-1859-1928/

    …which the cattlemen of the state will be insured that they are getting the best price that the market offers at the time of making their sale. [Arizona Republic, 12/28/1924] “The reduction in range cattle valuations was recommended by the assessors yesterday after a long discussion following an address by Henry G. Boice, president of the Arizona Cattle Growers’ association. The $17 valuation in effect last year, Mr. Boice declared, is excessive, d…

  • 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/

    …t Last! Hislop writes: “Breakfast at Desert Station at 5:30 a.m., the last place before arriving at Tucson, where we arrived at 12 m. which was our destination, 8000 miles odd from England and here we begin to look for a ranch which I am very glad of as it is tiring work doing nothing. The first thing I did was to have a good warm bath and hair cut as close as it could be done, as hair-cutting is a luxury I must dispense with soon. To be 8 days an…

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

    …gift certificates for hotel stays or golf play; restaurant gift certificates; instruments; weekend getaways; time spent with well-known artist; baskets filled with goodies; handcrafted items; books; children’s toys; vacation home for a week; professional services, tickets to an entertainment or sporting event; jewelry, edibles – the list goes on and on. Be a Festival Volunteer More than 200 volunteers are needed during the Cowboy Festival, for a m…

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

    …etty bleak at the time, didn’t look very good. And so Dad decided that the best thing to do was to go ahead and sell the cows. And that was an extremely hard decision for him.” The crew from the Slash S worked with Bob, Grant, and Steve Boice on the last Empire roundup. Tucson Citizen photo of Boice Hereford sale, 1975 Boice Hereford Sale – 1975 “The entire breeding herd of the Empire Ranch has been sold at auction in Tucson scattering forever som…

  • Volunteer Day
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/volunteer-day-2020-05-02/

    …02 May Volunteer Day 05/02/2020 – 05/03/2020 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Center Empire Ranch Volunteer Workday. 8 am to noon. Please register in advance by phone (888) 364-2829, or email admin@empireranchfoundation.org.–Cancelled…

  • Volunteer Day
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/events/volunteer-day-2020-06-06/

    …06 Jun Volunteer Day 06/06/2020 – 06/07/2020 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Empire Ranch Visitor Contact Center Empire Ranch Volunteer Workday. 8 am to noon. Please register in advance by phone (888) 364-2829, or email admin@empireranchfoundation.org. Cancelled…