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Rate notices and bill for dues from the Arizona Cattle Growers Association which was $2.00 annually, plus one-half cent per head above 200 head. The document is stamped paid and has hand written notation of calculation indicating Vail's dues of…

Letter (December 1, 1906) from Alec Wills to Edward L. Vail. It describes Walter Vail's accident in Los Angeles and his condition. Walter Vail was crushed between two streetcars on November 30, 1906. He died on December 2, 1906.

A letter dated November 23, 1875 from Walter L. Vail to Edward L. Vail describing Walter's first impressions of Tucson upon his arrival by stagecoach, his meeting the Governor, and discusses at length issues involved in acquiring property and the…

A letter dated July 11, 1876 from Walter Vail to his uncle, Nathan Vail, describing his journey with Herbert R. Hislop to Tucson, the Tucson area climate and noting that the Fish Ranch will be for sale.

Edward Vail's account of the happenings near the old Cienega Stage Station, now known as Pantano, including the Southern Pacific's Apache Trail Route with gravestones, Farishes' History of Arizona, and a story about robbery and murder of a U.S.…

Edward Vail's sketch briefly describing Southeastern Arizona and Southern New Mexico's fiercest and most warlike tribe of Apache Indians, the Chiricahuas, and the names and locations of various Apache tribes.

Edward Vail's sketch about a Mexican dance put on by the Greaterville placer gold mining camp and the cowboys attempt to join the dance after the Mexican miners decided not to let the cowboys in.

The sketch Following the Trail of the Apaches written by Edward L. Vail. He describes an incident that occurred on June 5, 1886. A band of Apaches attacked Happy Valley ranch and stole some horses. He describes tracking the Apaches for over fifty…

February 14 and February 15, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.