History of the Empire Ranch
Author : Gregory Paul Dowell
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Cattle trade
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Author : Gregory Paul Dowell
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Cattle trade
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Author : Gail Waechter Corkill
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439649944
The Empire Ranch sits in the heart of the rolling grasslands and oak-studded foothills of Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in southeastern Arizona. Its remarkable history and the ranching way of life are told through the stories of the men, women, and children of the Empire, most notably the Vail, Boice, and Donaldson families. Walter L. Vail and Herbert R. Hislop purchased the Empire Ranch homestead for $2,000 in 1876. The Vail family operated the ranch until 1928, turning it into a cattle ranching empire. From 1928 to 1975, the well-respected Boice family ran a vibrant Hereford operation on the Empire. The Donaldson family used innovative range management methods to continue the ranching legacy from 1975 to 2009. Today, the ranch, under the management of the Bureau of Land Management, remains one of the oldest continuously working cattle ranches in the region.
Author : Janet Ann Stewart
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,26 MB
Release :
Category : Empire Ranch (Ariz.)
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Author : Jefferson Glass
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,48 MB
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1493048376
A collage of characters shaped the west of the nineteenth century. Large and powerful cattlemen, backed by eastern and European investors, flooded the prairie with herds often numbering 50-80 thousand head. They had visions of doubling or tripling their money quickly while their cattle grazed on the free grass of the open range. Others, like Martin Gothberg wisely invested in the future of the young frontier. Starting with a humble 160-acre homestead in 1885, he continued to expand and develop a modest ranch that eventually included tens of thousands of acres of deeded land. Gothberg’s story parallels the history of open range cattle ranches, cowboys, roundups, homesteaders, rustlers, sheep men and range wars. It does not end there. As the Second Industrial Revolution escalated in the late 1800s, so did the demand for petroleum products. What began with a demand for beef to feed the hungry cities of the eastern United States fostered the demand for wool to clothe them and graduated into a demand for oil to warm them in winter and fuel the mechanized age of the twentieth century. All were a critical part of shaping American history. Through the lens of this family saga—a part of the history of the West comes to life in the hands of this storyteller and historian.
Author : Ellsworth Collings
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,4 MB
Release : 1973-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806110479
In the first third of the twentieth century, the 101 Real Wild West Show was known halfway round the world. It featured such headliners as Bill Pickett, the African-American inventor of bulldogging, and the future Hollywood film stars Tom Mix, Buck Jones, and Hoot Gibson. What was not so well known abroad was that the show stemmed from a real, working ranch that rivaled the fabled XIT Ranch in the folklore of the West.
Author : Herbert Robert Hislop
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 30,2 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Empire Ranch (Ariz.)
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Author : Janet Ann Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Janet Stewart's overview of Arizona ranch houses not only recounts the development of a popular architectural form, ir also offers a practical guide for modern homebuilders who wish to recapture this famous style. Photographs and floor plans accompany the text.
Author : Janet Ann Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Ranch houses
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Author : Harry L. Heffner
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 18,54 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Ranch life
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Typescript, from a tape recording, of Heffner's experiences as manager of the Empire Ranch, as told to Charles U. Pickrell, Tucson, Ariz., 1960. Accompanied by a letter of transmittal from Pickrell, dated Sept. 2, 1961.
Author : Don Graham
Publisher : Trade Paper Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 27,35 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The vast, fabulous, and powerful King Ranch, bigger than Rhode Island, is the most famous ranch in American history, and its story has the epic sweep and drama of classic movies like "Red River" and "Giant." In this gripping narrative about a majestic land and enterprising people, Graham explores the intertwined desires of land, ownership, and destiny.