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  • Frank & Mary Boice Family Ownership, 1951-1969
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/frank-mary-boice-family-ownership-1951-1969/

    …icultural statistics documented ranching trends between 1940 and 1959. The number of “farms” reporting sales of cattle and/or calves decreased 42% while the number of live cattle and/or calves sold increased 134%. Boice/Rubel families: (back row) Henry G. and Margaret Boice; Ann and Fred Boice holding Fred Boice, Jr., Peggy and Jack Rubel. (front row, l-r, Jennifer Boice, Lynn Rubel, Mariann Boice, Henry Boice, John and Tom Rubel, 1961. Courtesy o…

  • 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/

    …in managing the Total Wreck.” All the lawsuits were eventually dismissed. [Source: History of the Empire Ranch by Gregory Paul Dowell. Master’s Thesis, University of Arizona, 1978.] Total Wreck Mining & Milling Co. stock certificate No 100 (May 15, 1884). Total Wreck Mining and Milling Company – February 1881 To obtain capital to develop the Total Wreck it was necessary to attract investors. Nathan Vail was instrumental in the incorporation in the…

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

    …lots of cattle range in lots of states, but I am sure that Ash Flat is the best. Yes, it was isolated all right. I remember I rode one time for 72 days and wasn’t under a roof a single night. It was a big country and few “camps.” I rode all the time with a pack outfit. When I needed a fresh mount I just caught one. We had plenty of horses running with the cattle. I used to try to get to San Carlos once a month to get my mail. I’d stay a day, read…

  • 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…

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

    …s, and Walter Vail stocked the ranch with the equivalent value in cattle. [Source: History of the Empire Ranch by Gregory Paul Dowell. Master’s Thesis, University of Arizona, 1978.] Nathan Russell Vail, 1885. Maggie and “Russie” Visit the Total Wreck – August 1884 In August of 1884 Maggie sent a long letter to her mother describing a week-long visit to several of the Empire Land & Cattle Company holdings and the Total Wreck mine (8/27/1884). “So l…

  • Heritage Discovery Trail
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/visit/explore-empire-ranch-headquarters/heritage-discovery-trail/

    …lk at the north end of Empire Ranch Headquarters area along the main water source for headquarters – the Empire Gulch, a tributary of the Cienega Creek. The trailhead is marked by a gate adjacent to the public restrooms. The majestic cottonwood trees were first planted by Empire Ranch cowboy, Tomás López, around 1880. The dead/damaged trees you see did not recover from the 2017 Sawmill fire which burned a total of 12,000 acres of LCNCA land. Try t…

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

    …ndchildren. Billie Donaldson, 2006. ERF archives: C200-04 Empire Cienega Resource Conservation Area – 1988 In 1985 Anamax discontinued its copper mining operations on its Twin Buttes property “when the company decided it could not make a profit.” Anamax also listed for sale “its extensive land holdings in the area, including Bull Farm, 2,500 acres north of Green Valley; the Helvetia copper deposit in the Santa Rita Mountains; and the Empire and Ci…

  • 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…