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    • Empire Gulch on the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

    • Empire Gulch on the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
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    • Empire Ranch (Ariz.); Ranches--Arizona; Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (Ariz.)

    • Empire Gulch on Las Cienegas National Conservation Area is a significant riparian area, with year-round water and dense vegetation important to birds and mammals. Once part of the historic Empire Ranch, the Gulch has been used for some time as a...
    • Fred Baker, Dean Bibles, and Henry Bisson Oral History Interview

    • Fred Baker, Dean Bibles, and Henry Bisson Oral History Interview

    • Baker, Fred; Bibles, Dean; Bisson, Henry

    • Empire Ranch (Ariz.); Ranches--Arizona; Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (Ariz.); Real property, Exchange of--Arizona

    • Dean Bibles was the Arizona State Director for Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Henry Bisson was the Phoenix District Manager for BLM, and Fred Baker was a Sonoita area rancher and land and agricultural real estate agent. They describe the...
    • Jim Van Auken Oral History Interview

    • Jim Van Auken Oral History Interview

    • Van Auken, Jim

    • Empire Ranch (Ariz.); Ranches--Arizona; Livestock--Inspection--Arizona

    • Jim Van Auken was an Arizona livestock inspector (1953-1983) who inspected the last Boice Empire Ranch cattle and inspected Donaldson cattle at the Empire and on John Donaldson's Tortuga ranch. He describes the role of a livestock inspector and his...
    • James Kolbe Oral History Interview

    • James Kolbe Oral History Interview

    • Kolbe, James

    • Empire Ranch (Ariz.); Ranches--Arizona; Rail X Ranch (Ariz.); Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (Ariz.); Real property, Exchange of--Arizona

    • James (Jim) Kolbe moved to Arizona in 1947 when his parents, Walter and Helen Kolbe, purchased the Rail “X” Ranch, which was originally part of the Empire Ranch. Located between Sonoita and Patagonia the Rail “X” ranch consisted of 500...
    • Bailey Foster Oral History Interview

    • Bailey Foster Oral History Interview

    • Foster, Bailey

    • Empire Ranch (Ariz.); Ranches--Arizona; Slash S Ranch (Ariz.)

    • Recollections of his father working on the Empire Ranch for the Boice family. Bailey also describes his own work on the Cienega Ranch, his work for Bob Boice on the Slash S Ranch in Oracle, and his well-drilling business in Sonoita. This file...
    • James Pickrell Oral History Interview

    • James Pickrell Oral History Interview

    • Pickrell, James

    • Empire Ranch (Ariz.); Ranches--Arizona; Veterinary Medicine--Arizona

    • Dr. James Pickrell is a veterinarian who worked for the Boice family at the Empire Ranch. Jim went to high school with Pancho and Bob Boice. His first involvement with the Empire Ranch as a veterinarian was when the foreman, Fred Barnett, asked...
    • George Proctor Oral History Interview

    • George Proctor Oral History Interview

    • Proctor, George

    • Oral history—Arizona; Watershed Management—Arizona; Forest Rangers—West (U.S.)—History

    • George Proctor discusses water resources and water politics in southern Arizona. He reflects on his career in the Forest Service and shares his observations of changes in the local climate as well as the habits of native wildlife. Mr. Proctor also...

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