Tag: Walter Vail

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-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 […]