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    • Buggy Ride in Vail

    • Buggy Ride in Vail

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    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Taking a buggy ride along Cienega Creek in Vail.
    • 1918 Map of Vail

    • 1918 Map of Vail

    • McCulloch, Leonard

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Hand drawn map of Vail by Leonard McCulloch, long time Vail resident.
    • The 'Bats' Baseball Team in Vail

    • The 'Bats' Baseball Team in Vail

    • Unknown

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Caption: 1938- Baseball teams from Tucson were invited to play the Vail Baseball team (organized by Jim Dillon) at ballpark next to the Dillon's gas station.
    • Arthur Kelley Visiting With Friends

    • Arthur Kelley Visiting With Friends

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    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Arthur Kelley, owner of the Vail Feed Store, visiting with friends. Members of the Kelley family continue to operate a new feed store built in 1994, which is located on the property.
    • Arthur Kelley Outside the Vail Feed Store

    • Arthur Kelley Outside the Vail Feed Store

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    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Arthur Kelley loads up for a customer at the Vail Feed Store. Growing up in Michigan, his dream had been to be either a sailor or a cowboy. He got to know the ranchers and their families, and enjoyed the rural life when he moved to Vail.
    • Arthur Kelley Feeding His Chickens

    • Arthur Kelley Feeding His Chickens

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    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Arthur Kelley feeding his chickens at the Vail Feed Store. He purchased the old post office and surrounding property in 1975, after its closure in 1973. He moved to Arizona from Michigan, living first in the Rincon Valley and later moving to Vail.
    • Vail residents at the Southern Pacific Passenger Station

    • Vail residents at the Southern Pacific Passenger Station

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    • Railway mail service -- Arizona; Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Sally Day of the La Posta Quemada ranch (on far right) and other Vail community members visiting at the Vail passenger station. This photograph may have been taken by Chay Day.
    • Vail Villagers Rodeo Parade Entry

    • Vail Villagers Rodeo Parade Entry

    • Unknown

    • Rodeos--Arizona

    • The Vail Villagers, community members from Vail, gather on a 'Drag' wagon in their best 'western duds' to ride in the Tucson Rodeo Parade.
    • Crane Homestead

    • Crane Homestead

    • Unknown

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Photograph taken shortly after the Tattersfield family purchased the property. One of the sons is waving from the windmill.
    • Rancho del Lago ranch house

    • Rancho del Lago ranch house

    • Unknown

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Ranch house at Rancho del Lago. This photograph was possibly taken by Guy Tattersfield.
    • Baby George Monthan with parents Guy and Jesse Monthan

    • Baby George Monthan with parents Guy and Jesse Monthan

    • Unknown

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Guy and Jesse Monthan play with their son, George, in the yard of their home in Vail. The Monthan family homesteaded in the area and operated Rancho del Lago. Davis Monthan Air Force Base is named in honor of Guy's younger brother, Oscar. Jesse...
    • Vail Villagers Rodeo Parade Entry

    • Vail Villagers Rodeo Parade Entry

    • Unknown

    • Rodeos--Arizona

    • The Vail Villagers are ready to participate in the 1938 Tucson Rodeo Parade. Betty Mayer can be seen holding on to the top of the wagon in the brand new dress her mother made for the occasion. Her mother didn’t need a pattern, she would let the...
    • Barbara Allen Celebrates Her Birthday in Vail

    • Barbara Allen Celebrates Her Birthday in Vail

    • Allen Family

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Barbara Allen, celebrates her birthday with friends in Vail. Her father, Maxie Allen was the Section Crew Foreman at Vail for many years from 1944 through the 1950s. Back row, left to right: Phyllis Stagel, Janice O’Neill, Sharon Cox, Bill...
    • Snow in Vail

    • Snow in Vail

    • Allen Family

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Barbara Allen enjoys a snowy day on her bicycle in Vail outside the foreman's home in Vail.
    • Allen Family in Vail

    • Allen Family in Vail

    • Allen Family

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • This Southern Pacific Railroad Motor Car was normally used to transport the Vail section crew along the track to accomplish their work. On this day Maxie Allen, the Section Foreman at Vail, posed with his children and their friend. Left to right:...
    • Getting to School in Vail

    • Getting to School in Vail

    • Allen Family

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Norman Wagner and Billie Allen riding a donkey to school in Vail.
    • Ranching in Vail

    • Ranching in Vail

    • Unknown

    • Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County;

    • Jimmy Leon and Eddie Lopez preparing to work cattle.

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