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  • Newsletter Articles – Topic Index
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/newsletter/article-topic-index/

    …06, p. 4 South Barn Repairs Now Definite, Feb 2006, p. 3 Year’s End Brings Good News from BLM, Nov 2005, p. 2 Stone Corral Group Effort Completes Stone Corral Repairs, Nov 2002, p. 2 Facelift and Restoration Ongoing for Stone Corral, Aug 2002, p. 3 Stone Corral Emergency Repairs Determined, Nov 2001, p. 3 Tack Room Tack Room Interpretation, December 2022. p. 3 Adaptive Reuse in Action, March 2020, p. 3 Preservation Successes!, May 2010, p.1 Preser…

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

    …ts in the watershed. Start by downloading the TravelStorys.Com App to your phone or other device. Open TravelStory 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…

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

    …il arrived at the Empire Ranch for the first time Mrs. Harvey made every effort to welcome her to her new home. She prepared a special dinner for the occasion and made a gift of a small porcelain kitten to the new mistress of the household. This tiny object is still saved and treasured in the family. The Harveys were to leave the ranch, but their kindness was long remembered, and the two families stayed in contact over the years. They returned to…

  • Buildings & Structures
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    …ered in corrugated metal was added at some point in time over the original flat earthen roof. The current roof covers all rooms under a single roofline. This building was used as a residence by the family of Pancho Boice until construction finished on the New Ranch House and by families working on the Empire such as Fred and Ruby Barnett (1940s). Hired Man’s House This single-story, two-room, single-pile, rectangular plan, 40-feet by 14-feet, was…

  • Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
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    …them as three-year-old steers to feeder operations in Montana. Start of a flash flood in Davidson Canyon. Courtesy of Charlotte Cook. A Deadly “Water Spout” – July 1887 On July 1st local newspapers reported:” a terrific water spout on the Vail ranch in the Santa Ritas. Mr. Coy save that… heard a terrify roar, similar in many respects to the sound accompanying an earthquake. They ran to the bank overlooking the Vail Cienega and beheld with awe the…

  • Gulf American Corporation Ownership, 1970-1975
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/gulf-american-corporation-ownership-1970-1975/

    …GAC’s methods for selling lots were prompted 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 i…

  • History Overview
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    …. 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…

  • Reading List
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/articles-and-links/

    …age of the Boice Family. Empire Ranch Foundation News. Feb 2006, 7(1):4. Reflections from Sixty Years Ago… by Gerald Korte. Empire Ranch Foundation News. May 2005, 6(2):3. Donaldson Family Desert Empire by Tammy LeRoy. Western Horseman 71(7):38-44, July 2006. Permission to post being sought. Donaldsons ranch with public looking over their shoulders by Colleen Schreiber. Livestock Weekly. Online Edition, April 18, 2002 Profile of good stewardship:…

  • Explore Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
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    …e a special recreation permit. Permits are generally required if the group number is over 29, or if the activity needs BLM oversight or will have an impact to public lands and people. Click here for more information on permitting. Where can I obtain a map of the LCNCA? Maps are available at the BLM’s Tucson Field Office and the Visitor Contact Station at the Empire Ranch. When can I visit? Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (LCNCA) and the Em…

  • Anamax Ownership, 1975-1988
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    …re in ranching? Well, it looked pretty 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 auctio…