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  2. Empire Ranch - Wikipedia

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    Empire Ranch is a working cattle ranch in southeastern Pima County, Arizona, that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In its heyday, Empire Ranch was one of the largest in Arizona, with a range spanning over 180 square miles (470 km 2), and its owner, Walter L. Vail, was an important figure in the establishment of southern Arizona's cattle industry.

  3. Walter Vail - Wikipedia

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    The headquarters of the Empire Ranch in the modern day. Vail left his family's Plainfield, New Jersey house in the middle of 1875 to pursue riches in the West.He worked for a few months in Virginia City, Nevada as a mine's timekeeper, but in November he wrote of his intention to get involved in Arizona's sheep business.

  4. The Phantom Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Phantom Empire, Chapter 1: Singing Cowboy. Radio Ranch, a 70-minute feature film edited from the serial. The Phantom Empire is a 1935 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross. [1]

  5. Category : Ranches on the National Register of Historic ...

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    Empire Ranch; F. Faraway Ranch Historic District ... Lee's Ferry and Lonely Dell Ranch; M. Manistee Ranch; P. Pete Kitchen Ranch; S. Sahuaro Ranch; San Bernardino ...

  6. Vail, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Vail deeded a right of way across his ranch to the railroad. Vail owned the Vail Ranch, his brother Walter Vail owned the nearby Empire Ranch, now part of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. [3] Attempts to incorporate the town were defeated in 2013 and 2023. [4]

  7. List of historic ranches in British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Empire Valley Ranch: Henry Koster [2] Fraser Canyon-Big Bar Ferry: late 1850s Clarence Bryson since 1956 Fintry: Okanagan-Shuswap: Giusachan Ranch: Okanagan (Kelowna) late 1850s Aberdeen Holdings Lord Aberdeen [3] Gun Creek Ranch: Bridge River Country: Hat Creek Ranch: Thompson-Bonaparte: 1860s Hungry Valley Ranch: Chilcotin: John Wells` Monte ...

  8. Henry Miller (rancher) - Wikipedia

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    Henry Miller, c. 1887 Correspondence between Henry Miller and his superintendent, P.H. Turner. Henry Miller (July 21, 1827 – October 14, 1916) was a German-American rancher known as the "Cattle King of California" [1] who at one point in the late 19th century was one of the largest land-owners in the United States.

  9. Sawmill Fire (2017) - Wikipedia

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    No injuries or fatalities resulted from the fire, nor were any buildings destroyed, though the fire did come close to the historic Empire Ranch, a National Register of Historic Places property. Over 800 personnel from various federal, state, and local agencies and organizations worked to contain and then extinguish the Sawmill Fire at a cost of ...