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- Empire Land & Cattle Company, 1883-1887
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/empire-land-cattle-company-1883-1887/…2 to persuade the Apache chief Geronimo to return to the San Carlos Indian reservation. John Selah Vosburg. Courtesy of Jenn Hoff. Pantano Ranch – 1884 In 1884 Walter Vail concluded a cattle partnership agreement separate from the Empire Land and Cattle Company. He contracted to operate the 2,700-acre Pantano Ranch with John Selah Vosburg, a Tucson merchant. The ranch straddled both sides of Pantano Wash from Rincon Valley east to Mescal Arroyo an…
- Docent-Led Tours
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/docent-led-tours/…n to the public. Reservations are required for tours. Click here to make a reservation. Reservations are due by 5:00 pm on the Friday before the tour. Special tours for groups can be scheduled by request. For more information about tours, call the Empire Ranch Foundation at 888-364-2829. Please be aware that the terrain around the Empire Ranch headquarters is primarily dirt with uneven surfaces that can be challenging for walkers, wheelchairs, and…
- Education
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/about/education/…request. Click here for more information about docent tours and to make a reservation. Docent Training Docent training classes are generally held once a year at Empire Ranch headquarters. The initial class is six hours in length. Upon completion of the class each docent receives individual tour training. Interested in becoming a docent? Click here for more information about the docent training program. Presentations Foundation speakers are availa…
- The Search for the Right Ranch (July 14-August 22, 1876)
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/the-search-for-the-right-ranch-july-14-august-22-1876/…(8/6/1876): “Mr. Clum, the Indian agent that has charge of the San Carlos reservation started last week for the East with 25 Apache Indians, he expects to visit all the large cities in the East where he will show the Indians to pay the expense of transportation and keeping them which is quite an undertaking. Clum is a very fine fellow and I hope he will not lose money by the speculation.” Shipping Empire Ranch cattle at Pantano, ca 1898. ERF arch…
- 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…
- Vail & Gates, 1888-1909
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/vail-gates-1888-1907/…he celebrated so-called “Camp Grant Massacre.” He with William Oury, eight Americans, quite a number of Mexicans and a large number of Papago Indians marched over to the mouth of Aravaipa Canyon, which was right in sight of the old Camp Grant but then occupied by American troops and nearly exterminated that band of Apaches. They killed all but the children whom they brought to Tucson as prisoners. The cause of this expedition was the constant raid…
- Banning Vail, 1909-1929
https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/empire-ranch-history/chronology/banning-vail-1909-1929/…anch is called the Santa Barbara and is just south of the Empire along the American line. It contains 100,000 acres with the Buena Vista Ranch which adjoins it. I knew Señor Mascarenas quite well in the early 1890s and have been on his ranch several times. Banning is only driving cows down there and leaving the big calves and steers at the Empire.” [Letter from Edward Vail to Charles Scribner, 12/10/1924]. Banning Vail on “Tortuga” in ranch orchar…
- 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/…orporate Era (1969-1988) In 1969, the Boices sold the Empire Ranch to Gulf American Corporation (GAC) which planned to build a large residential community development. GAC contracted with Pancho Boice to continue ranching the Empire Ranch under lease arrangements. In 1974 Anamax Mining Company purchased the Empire Ranch from GAC for its water rights and mineral potential. Anamax leased the Empire Ranch to rancher John Donaldson. Neither of the pla…