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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/…ce: Bureau of Land Management July 6, 1876 – Indio to Chuckawalla Springs, California Vail and Hislop’s trip to Tucson continues via stage coach. They followed the “Bradshaw Trail” through California. Hislop writes: “Started in the stage coach with 6 horses at 20 to 1 a.m., travelling all night. When daylight broke you never saw such pictures as we looked, what with the heat and dust. The man that was opposite me at night, when I saw him in the mo…
- 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…
- Preservation
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/preservation/…c Site listing in National Register of Historic Places (submitted to BLM in 2018) Rehabilitation of the Empire Ranch House (2016-2018) Installation of two ADA-accessible paved parking spaces at the front of the public restrooms (2017) Refurbishment of the public restrooms to mitigate erosion (2017) Split duct heating and cooling system installed in the Huachuca House (2017) South door of the Adobe Haybarn restored and rehung (2017) Painting of the…
- Video Gallery
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/video-gallery/Arizona’s Empire Ranch: A Prominent Past and a Promising Future, 2024 Exploring the County Line: Empire Ranch Historic Empire Ranch: A Virtual Tour Historic Empire Ranch: We’ll Be Back Empire Ranch – Cinema History, 2019 A Celebration of Western Culture at the Empire Ranch (2012) Video about Walter L. Vail, shown at his induction into the Hall of Great Westerners, 4/14/2018 Empire Ranch Drone Video by Pete Sterling (4/23/2018) Storyteller Glenda…
- Western Movie Showings
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/western-movies-at-the-loft-cinema/Each summer the Empire Ranch Foundation celebrates classic Western movies with outdoor showings at the Historic Empire Ranch on Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. The Empire Ranch Foundation greatly appreciates the support of The Loft Cinema’s sponsorship of these events which help support the preservation of the Empire Ranch buildings and landscape. Admission to the outdoor showings is free. Bring your own seating, food & flashlights. Snac…
- Education
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/education/…and activities. Diary of a Desert Trail: 1890 Cattle Drive from Arizona to California – 20 minute presentation with slides of the Empire Ranch’s boycott of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s cattle shipping rate hike. The drive of 900 steers began in January, 1890 and took two months and ten days to complete. The Boice Family Legacy – 30 minute presentation with slides of the history of the Boice family, who owned and/or leased the Empire Ranch from…
- Reading List
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/articles-and-links/…ys. Vail Family Diary of a Desert Trail: 1890 Cattle Drive from Arizona to California by Edward L. Vail. Sonoita, AZ: Empire Ranch Foundation, 2016. [Available from Amazon.com] The Empire Ranch and Walter L. Vail by John J. Wooley and Laurel Wilkening. The Copper State Journal 2002; 37 (4): 12-17. Permission to post being sought. Empire Ranch v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 1890. Empire Ranch Foundation News. May 2004, 5(2):3-4. The English Boys’ Ou…
- 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/…
- Vail & Harvey, 1879-1882
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-harvey-1879-1882/…f goods in Tucson and allowed for much quicker and safer transportation to California and the East. Total Wreck mine camp, ca. 1883. The Total Wreck Mine Lawsuits – December 1880 Walter Vail, John Harvey, and John Dillon filed claims on several mines, including the Total Wreck, in 1879. They paid two local prospectors, John Madden and Pat Sullivan to do exploratory work and maintain their claims. When silver was discovered at the Total Wreck “seve…
- History Overview
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/overview/…. The Ranch House became an extended complex with more than 22-rooms and a number of outbuildings and structures were added. Their original flat earthern roofs were later replaced with wooden gable roofs. Click here to learn more about the Empire Ranch buildings and structures. In 1896, in order to turn his attention more fully to growing corporate holdings in California. Walter Vail moved his family to Los Angeles and established his corporate he…