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Empire Ranch Cutting Gate, ca. 1924
The cutting gate at Empire Ranch. The cutting gate allows for the separation of animals such as horses, cows, or the like into two or more holding corrals.
1898 Letter to Walter Vail from C. W. Gates
December 1, 1898 letter (page 1) from C. W. Gates to Walter Vail which discusses the impact of James T. Gillette's declared bankruptcy in November of 1898 and its effect on their business and the cattle market. The letter discusses strategies to…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star February 22, 1922, Installment Number 1
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star February 23, 1922, Installment Number 2
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star February 24, 1922, Installment Number 3
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star February 25, 1922, Installment Number 4
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star February 26, 1922, Installment Number 5
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star February 28, 1922, Installment Number 6
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 1, 1922, Installment Number 7
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 10, 1922, Installment Number 15
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 2, 1922, Installment Number 8
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 3, 1922, Installment Number 9
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 4, 1922, Installment Number 10
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 5, 1922, Installment Number 11
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 7, 1922, Installment Number 12
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 8, 1922, Installment Number 13
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Diary of A Desert Trail By Edward L. Vail, as told in the Arizona Daily Star March 9, 1922, Installment Number 14
Edward L. Vail wrote a fifteen episode series for the Arizona Daily Star that was published February and March of 1922. The series was based on the diary he kept during the 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch near…
Edward Vail, 1926
Portrait of Edward L. Vail in 1926. During the 1920s, Edward wrote many stories about his experiences as a cowboy and rancher. These include a column recounting his cattle drive of 1890 for the Arizona Daily Star (1922) his recollection of the first…
East Side of Empire Ranch Corral, ca. 1896-1898
These horses are shown on the east side of the Empire Ranch corral. In 1884 Empire Ranch decided to include the breeding of race horses as a sidelight to their ranch operations. At one time they had a total of 250 to 300 broke horses.
The Empire Ranch, ca. 1900
The Empire Ranch homestead was originally a four-room adobe building without windows and doors. Improvements were made such as adding a kitchen, pantry, cook's room, and business office. Further improvements were made with the arrival of Walter's new…