Tag: Empire Ranch

October 16, 2021Podcasts

Bob Boze Bell & Faith Boice, 10/16/21

Two great guests for this show–Bob Boze Bell of True West Magazine and Faith Boice, President of the Empire Ranch Foundation Board. https://voicesofthewest.net/MP3//BobBozeBell_FaithBoice_101621.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
March 16, 2019Podcasts

Voices of the West, Cattle Drives, 3/16/19

On this program we talk about those great cattle drives. We also talk about the movies surrounding cattle drives. Plus, Alison Bunting of the Empire Ranch joins us to talk […]
July 27, 2018News

Walter Vail left his mark on SE Arizona as Rancher, Miner and Political Figure

by Tom Prezelski On July 3, the Pima County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution declaring “Empire Ranch, Walter L. Vail, and Arizona Cowboy Heritage Day” to honor the legacy of one […]
June 11, 2018News

Alision Bunting: The Empire Ranch Story Part IV—The search for the Right Ranch

By Alison Bunting Walter Vail and Herbert Hislop began their search for a ranch to purchase soon after their arrival in Tucson in early July, 1876. Hislop wrote: “Rested […]
February 16, 2018News

Alison Bunting: The Empire Ranch-the trip from the Colorado River to Tucson

By Alison Bunting Last month’s article described Walter Vail and Herbert Hislop’s trip from Los Angeles to the Arizona Territory border, crossing the Colorado River near Blythe, CA. The next […]
January 5, 2018News

Alison Bunting: The Empire Ranch-Partners travel from San Francisco to the Colorado River

By Alison Bunting Last month we introduced Walter Vail and Herbert Hislop who first met in San Francisco and set out for Arizona Territory to make their fortune in ranching. […]
January 5, 2018News

Alison Bunting: The Empire Ranch-How it all began

Walter Vail. He and his partners were instrumental in getting the Empire Ranch in southeast Arizona started in the late 1870s By Allison Bunting 2016 marked the 140th anniversary of […]
October 21, 2017Podcasts

Voices of the West, 10-21-17, Authors Gail Corkill & Doug Hocking

Authors Gail Corkill & Doug Hocking, join us on today’s program. Both will be at the Empire Ranch Roundup & Open House on Nov. 4.
December 19, 2016News

Empire Ranch Cowboy Christmas a big hit

By SoAzNewsX What is a Cowboy Christmas? It is celebrated essentially at the end of a cattle drive or a rodeo. At the Empire Ranch this year, Cowboy Christmas was a […]
June 25, 2016Podcasts

Voices of the West, 06-25-16

In the first part of the show, Franzi and Bunker de France talk with Bobbi Young about up-coming activities at the historic Empire Ranch in southeastern Arizona. Later in […]