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

    …ndation funds its projects through the support of members, individuals and businesses, through public, corporate and foundation contributions and grants, and through proceeds from special fundraising activities. Volunteers are the principal staff for all our activities. Become a Member It takes time, funding and the volunteer efforts of many to protect and preserve the Empire Ranch. You can help with a financial contribution and becoming a member…

  • 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…

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

    …ned to London, as did so many British who had invested successfully in the American west, but John Harvey eventually came back to California and the Calico mines.” [Source: Establishing an Arizona Family by Christine Shirley, 1977] Empire Ranch land acquisitions are highlighted in red. Courtesy of Dave Tuggle Land Holdings Expand-1881-1882 Starting in 1881 the land holdings of the Empire Ranch expanded considerably. They acquired Charles and Agnes…

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

    …er part of the state in 1928. Forty years later the ranch was sold to Gulf American Corp. About a year ago GAC sold the property to Anamax Inc. The mining company did not renew the Boices’ grazing lease and the family had no other spread suitable for the herd so it had to be sold.” [Tucson Citizen, 12/20/1975] John Donaldson, 2006. ERF archives: C200-24 Anamax Leases Empire Ranch Grazing Rights to John Donaldson – 1975 When Anamax Mining discontin…

  • Christmas at the Empire Ranch
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/christmas-at-the-ranch/

    …ffee and other seasonal beverages Non Profit Organizations and Vendors All American Food LLC (Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, fries, soda) The Avid Baker (Delicious baked goods) AZ D&D Creations (Candles and lip balm made out of bees wax) Buckland Abbey L.L.C. (Author Doug Hocking, Western history and historical fiction) DJs Creations and Gifts (Hand crafted items, vintage jewelry and trinket boxes to modern jewelry) Grand Canyon Profession…

  • History Overview
    https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/overview/

    …be-walled corral. In 1876 the ranch was owned by Edward Nye Fish, a Tucson businessman, when it was acquired for $2,000 by Walter L. Vail, a native of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and Plainfield, New Jersey, and Herbert Hislop, an Englishman. John Harvey, an Englishman from Bermuda, joined the partnership a few months later. Over the next 20 years, as a part of the historic expansion of ranching, railroads, mining and other growth in the West, Vail and…