AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona (Weekly) Citizen 26 4 1876 3 3 Vail and Hislap buy Fish's Mescal Ranch Arizona (Weekly) Citizen 26 10 1878 1 4 Empire Ranch Arizona (Weekly) Citizen 16 5 1879 3 5 post office Arizona (Weekly) Star 9 5 1878 3 1 Arizona (Weekly) Citizen 26 8 1876 3 3 Vail and Hislop buy the Fish Mescal Ranch Arizona Citizen 3 4 1880 2 4 Empire Arizona Daily Citizen 7 5 1880 1 3 Arizona Daily Citizen 8 4 1885 4 2 "rodeo" roundup, W. L. Vail Arizona Daily Citizen 2 10 1885 4 5 roundup Arizona Daily Citizen 27 5 1886 1 3 Apaches at Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Citizen 29 5 1886 1 4 Arizona Daily Citizen 1 6 1886 4 3 Arizona Daily Citizen 17 8 1886 4 3 Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Citizen 11 10 1886 4 1 Vail ships cattle to California Arizona Daily Citizen 16 10 1886 4 2 mail to Empire (town) via Pantano and Total Wreck Arizona Daily Citizen 19 10 1886 1 2 Chinese employee Arizona Daily Citizen 21 10 1886 4 2 Chinese at ranch Arizona Daily Citizen 2 3 1887 4 2 Vail ships cattle on railroad to California from Pantano Arizona Daily Citizen 10 5 1887 4 1 Empire--earthquake Arizona Daily Citizen 2 7 1887 4 2 flood at Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Citizen 7 7 1887 4 1 rain damage Arizona Daily Citizen 3 2 1888 4 1 Arizona Daily Citizen 28 2 1888 4 1 Arizona Daily Citizen 17 4 1895 3 3 Arizona Daily Citizen 5 7 1904 5 5 stage from Pantano Arizona Daily Star 28 9 1879 4 1 Harvey and Vail employ a Chinese Arizona Daily Star 30 11 1879 3 1 Vail and Harvey prove up land claims Arizona Daily Star 14 11 1884 4 1 Arizona Daily Star 6 2 1889 4 1 Arizona Daily Star 5 2 1891 4 2 W. Vail vs Southern Pacific Railroad Arizona Daily Star 21 7 1892 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 18 12 1892 4 4 Page 1 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona Daily Star 8 7 1893 4 3 Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 26 8 1893 4 2 Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 30 8 1893 4 3 Arizona Daily Star 2 9 1893 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 9 11 1893 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 17 11 1893 4 3 Arizona Daily Star 2 2 1894 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 20 5 1894 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 13 7 1894 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 16 5 1895 2 3 W. L. Vail ships cattle Arizona Daily Star 20 6 1895 4 1 Vail and Gates ship 2,318 head of cattle on train Arizona Daily Star 20 6 1895 4 4 Empire ranch foreman, Turner Arizona Daily Star 17 12 1895 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 2 5 1897 4 2 Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 18 7 1897 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 8 8 1897 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 19 11 1897 4 2 horses Arizona Daily Star 10 3 1899 4 2 Arizona Daily Star 11 3 1899 4 3 Arizona Daily Star 12 12 1899 4 4 taxes Arizona Daily Star 5 3 1901 4 2 Harry Haffner, foreman, Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 30 8 1903 4 3 Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 2 9 1903 4 2 Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 19 5 1904 8 2 Vail and Gates ship cattle from Pantano Arizona Daily Star 10 7 1904 8 2 Ashburn, manager of Vail and Gates ranch Arizona Daily Star 6 10 1905 4 3 Arizona Daily Star 1 6 1906 8 3 W. L. Vail to Tucson from Los Angeles Arizona Daily Star 23 8 1906 8 4 Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 24 1 1907 1 4 W. L. Vail estate Arizona Daily Star 24 1 1907 9 5 W. L. Vail estate Arizona Daily Star 25 1 1907 1 6 W. L. Vail estate Arizona Daily Star 6 2 1907 8 3 W. L. Vail estate Page 2 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona Daily Star 21 3 1907 8 2 ranch Arizona Daily Star 6 7 1907 8 2 Andrade Ranch part of Vail-Gates holdings Arizona Daily Star 28 8 1907 8 3 ship horses (Empire Land and Cattle Co.) Arizona Daily Star 23 10 1907 7 1 Vail ships cattle via Pantano Arizona Daily Star 3 11 1907 7 1 Vail ships cattle via Pantano Arizona Daily Star 12 11 1907 7 1 cattle drive Arizona Daily Star 22 11 1907 5 2 ship cattle via Pantano Arizona Daily Star 22 11 1907 8 5 ship cattle via Pantano Arizona Daily Star 11 12 1907 7 2 to ship cattle Arizona Daily Star 15 12 1907 2 5 to ship cattle Arizona Daily Star 4 1 1908 7 2 ranch Arizona Daily Star 18 2 1908 7 1 ranch Arizona Daily Star 12 3 1908 8 2 R. Leatherwood vs Richardson and Allen re: Empire Land and Cattle Co. Arizona Daily Star 2 4 1908 3 2 Walter Vail estate Arizona Daily Star 12 4 1908 5 5 cattle shipped from Pantano Arizona Daily Star 14 4 1908 8 7 Empire Land and Cattle Co. Arizona Daily Star 15 4 1908 7 3 Walter Vail estate Arizona Daily Star 16 4 1908 5 2 Empire ships cattle Arizona Daily Star 1 5 1908 7 1 Vail and Gates cattle Arizona Daily Star 6 5 1908 5 3 Vail and Gates ship cattle Arizona Daily Star 13 5 1908 5 7 Vail and Gates ship cattle, Pantano Arizona Daily Star 27 5 1908 2 4 Walter Vail estate Arizona Daily Star 27 5 1908 7 1 Vail and Gates Arizona Daily Star 4 6 1908 7 1 Vail and Gates Arizona Daily Star 8 6 1908 7 1 Vail and Gates Arizona Daily Star 21 7 1908 5 1 ranch Arizona Daily Star 7 8 1908 7 1 ranch Arizona Daily Star 4 9 1908 7 2 Ed Vail summered in British Columbia, he is Pima County Treasurer Arizona Daily Star 28 11 1908 7 2 French, foreman Arizona Daily Star 5 1 1909 7 3 foreman Page 3 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona Daily Star 13 1 1909 7 2 W. Vail visits Uncle T. L. Vail Arizona Daily Star 15 1 1909 7 4 E. L. Vail conveys land to Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 28 1 1909 7 3 Mrs. Tom Turner returns to Empire Arizona Daily Star 21 2 1909 4 4 party to Empire to hunt Arizona Daily Star 23 2 1909 8 4 Empire hunt called off; auto broke down Arizona Daily Star 5 3 1909 7 1 foreman McFadden Arizona Daily Star 21 3 1909 6 2 M. Escalante rustles cattle from the Empire Arizona Daily Star 26 3 1909 7 2 Escalante steals cattle from Empire Land and Cattle Co. Arizona Daily Star 27 3 1909 7 1 Escalante theft case Arizona Daily Star 28 4 1909 7 1 Empire's foreman Arizona Daily Star 28 4 1909 8 3 cattle Arizona Daily Star 28 4 1909 8 4 cattle Arizona Daily Star 29 4 1909 8 3 theft-of-cattle case Arizona Daily Star 6 5 1909 8 3 Escalante cattle-rustling case Arizona Daily Star 7 5 1909 6 2 Escalante cattle-rustling case Arizona Daily Star 7 5 1909 8 1 Juan Lopez cattle-stealing case Arizona Daily Star 8 5 1909 6 6 Escalante cattle-rustling case Arizona Daily Star 8 5 1909 8 3 Juan Lopez, theft of Empire cattle Arizona Daily Star 20 5 1909 8 2 Juan Lopez, theft of Empire cattle Arizona Daily Star 22 5 1909 8 4 M. Escalante cattle theft case Arizona Daily Star 5 6 1909 7 2 ranch has Chinese cook Arizona Daily Star 13 6 1909 8 2 Empire Land and Cattle Co. Arizona Daily Star 13 6 1909 8 2 M. Escalante cattle theft case Arizona Daily Star 15 6 1909 5 1 personnel Arizona Daily Star 25 7 1909 5 1 roundup of horses, ship from Pantano Arizona Daily Star 27 7 1909 5 3 Empire ships horses from Pantano Arizona Daily Star 24 8 1909 7 1 Turner of Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 24 9 1909 6 3 ranch Arizona Daily Star 24 9 1909 6 3 ships cattle from Pantano Arizona Daily Star 9 10 1909 6 2 personnel

Arizona Daily Star 20 10 1909 7 1 Vail and Gates cattle inspected at Pantano before shipment Page 4 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona Daily Star 4 12 1909 6 1 Escalante case, steals cow from Empire Ranch Arizona Daily Star 10 12 1909 5 3 Banning Vail Arizona Daily Star 2 1 1910 8 2 Empire Ranch, W. Vail, and Gates Arizona Daily Star 12 2 1910 7 1 Walter Vail in town from Los Angeles Arizona Daily Star 13 4 1910 5 3 Banning Vail Arizona Daily Star 12 5 1910 2 1 Empire Ranch fire, most buildings lost Arizona Daily Star 13 5 1910 8 3 more on the ranch fire Arizona Daily Star 19 6 1910 6 3 overview of the mining district Arizona Daily Star 11 9 1910 9 4 B. Vail Arizona Daily Star 25 9 1910 8 5 Empire Land and Cattle Co. taxes Arizona Daily Star 18 2 1911 5 7 Empire Land and Cattle Co. located 9 water claims on west slope of the Total Wreck Mts. Arizona Daily Star 9 3 1911 5 6 W. B. Vail locates a spring on the Goat Ranch, Sec. 26, T19S, R18E Arizona Daily Star 2 5 1911 2 3 ship horses to Chicago Arizona Daily Star 22 6 1911 1 7 the territorial highway ignores heavily trafficked Greaterville and Rosemont and heArizona Daily Star for Empire Arizona Daily Star 2 7 1911 1 2 [Section 2] Banning Vail visits Arizona Daily Star 3 11 1911 8 3 Banning Vail

Arizona Daily Star 8 11 1911 8 3 Crittenden Cattle Co. owned by Vail ships cattle from Pantano Arizona Daily Star 9 11 190_ 3 3 taxes Arizona Weekly Citizen 1 1 1881 3 5 Vail, Harvey & Co. Empire Ranch Arizona Weekly Citizen 8 1 1881 1 5 Empire Ranch [Supplement] Arizona Weekly Citizen 22 10 1882 3 3 cattle theft ring Arizona Weekly Citizen 22 10 1882 3 4 cattle theft ring Arizona Weekly Citizen 29 10 1882 1 3 cattle theft ring Arizona Weekly Citizen 29 10 1882 2 3 cattle theft ring Arizona Weekly Citizen 5 11 1882 3 2 Empire Ranch buys D. Paige's Happy Valley Ranch Arizona Weekly Citizen 15 12 1883 4 1 Empire Ranch Inc. Arizona Weekly Citizen 13 12 1884 3 1 snow Page 5 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona Weekly Citizen 11 2 1888 4 2 Total Wreck, Empire Ranch cattle, and mercury Arizona Weekly Citizen 15 3 1890 3 1 Vosburg and Vail Arizona Weekly Citizen 7 6 1890 3 1 Walter Vail recovering from a Gila monster bite Arizona Weekly Citizen 26 7 1890 3 5 taxes raised for Empire Land and Cattle Co. and on related Canon and Kane ranches Arizona Weekly Citizen 15 7 1893 1 4 Empire Land and Cattle Co. Arizona Weekly Citizen 29 7 1893 1 8 Empire ranch tax assessment Arizona Weekly Citizen 16 12 1893 3 4 Vail ship cattle Arizona Weekly Citizen 14 4 1894 4 1 Arizona Weekly Citizen 14 4 1894 4 2 Vail cattle to Santa Catalina Island, California Arizona Weekly Citizen 22 12 1894 4 1 W. Vail's cattle stolen, Mexican to jail in Yuma Arizona Weekly Citizen 16 2 1895 4 1 cattle brought into Arizona from Sonora by Vail Arizona Weekly Citizen 2 3 1895 3 1 W. L. Vail divorce Arizona Weekly Citizen 20 4 1895 3 5 Empire Ranch ships cattle Arizona Weekly Citizen 4 5 1895 3 1 W. L. Vail divorce, Walter vs Alice Arizona Weekly Citizen 18 5 1895 4 2 ship cattle Arizona Weekly Citizen 2 6 1895 3 1 ship cattle from Pantano Arizona Weekly Citizen 17 8 1895 3 1 Arizona Weekly Star 16 6 1881 1 5 trip to the ranch from Tucson Arizona Weekly Star 23 6 1881 2 5 Arizona Weekly Star 26 3 1891 4 2 daughter born to W. L. Vail Arizona Weekly Star 2 4 1891 4 2 W. L. Vail runs Phoenix newspaper Arizona Weekly Star 30 4 1891 2 3 2 W. L. Vail Arizona Weekly Star 26 5 1892 2 2 W. Vail accident Arizona Weekly Star 21 7 1892 4 1 W. Vail to California for summer Arizona Weekly Star 4 8 1892 4 3 ranch Arizona Weekly Star 18 8 1892 4 2 Western Union--new line at Vail Ranch Arizona Weekly Star 27 10 1892 2 1 Empire ships cattle Arizona Weekly Star 3 11 1892 2 5 ranch Arizona Weekly Star 10 11 1892 2 2 W. Vail in town Arizona Weekly Star 1 12 1892 4 5 W. Vail arrested in California Arizona Weekly Star 8 12 1892 4 1 W. Vail charges against Page 6 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona Weekly Star 8 12 1892 4 2 W. Vail ships cattle Arizona Weekly Star 22 12 1892 2 7 Empire ships cattle Arizona Weekly Star 2 2 1893 2 2 Vail ships cattle to Catalina, California Arizona Weekly Star 9 3 1893 2 2 W. L. Vail Arizona Weekly Star 15 6 1893 2 1 Vail ranch Arizona Weekly Star 13 7 1893 2 3 Arizona Weekly Star 27 7 1893 2 4 tax assessment Arizona Weekly Star 27 7 1893 4 2 Vail and Co. cattle Arizona Weekly Star 24 8 1893 4 1 Vail, Empire ranch Arizona Weekly Star 31 8 1893 4 5 W. Vail, roundup Arizona Weekly Star 7 9 1893 2 2 ranch Arizona Weekly Star 9 11 1893 4 2 Empire ranch cattle in good shape Arizona Weekly Star 23 11 1893 4 2 sell cattle in California Arizona Weekly Star 8 2 1894 2 1 Vail and Gates Arizona Weekly Star 8 3 1894 4 1 Vail Arizona Weekly Star 5 4 1894 2 3

Arizona Weekly Star 5 4 1894 4 3 Gonzales cattle theft from Vail and Gates, freed on technicality Arizona Weekly Star 19 4 1894 4 1 Vail-Empire Arizona Weekly Star 26 4 1894 2 2 Vail Arizona Weekly Star 3 5 1894 4 1 Vail ships cattle from Pantano Arizona Weekly Star 17 5 1894 4 5 Vail-Empire Arizona Weekly Star 24 5 1894 2 3 Empire Ranch, Vail pulled off his horse by a steer Arizona Weekly Star 12 7 1894 4 1 Empire ships cattle Arizona Weekly Star 19 7 1894 2 3 W. Vail story--Pantano train robbery, ship cattle Arizona Weekly Star 19 7 1894 4 2 Mrs. W. L. Vail sick Arizona Weekly Star 2 8 1894 2 1 ranch Arizona Weekly Star 30 8 1894 4 2 ranch Arizona Weekly Star 22 11 1894 4 3 roundup Arizona Weekly Star 13 12 1894 4 1 Vail to ship cattle Arizona Weekly Star 13 12 1894 4 1 Empire, cattle thefts Arizona Weekly Star 28 3 1895 2 1 Vail-Empire Page 7 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Arizona Weekly Star 16 5 1895 2 3 Vail ships cattle from Huachuca Arizona Weekly Star 16 5 1895 2 6 Vail buys cattle Arizona Weekly Star 23 5 1895 2 3 ranch Arizona Weekly Star 23 5 1895 4 3 Vail ships cattle from Pantano Arizona Weekly Star 30 5 1895 2 1 Vail ships cattle from Pantano Arizona Weekly Star 20 6 1895 4 2 Empire ships cattle Arizona Weekly Star 27 6 1895 4 2 W. Vail to Kansas City Arizona Weekly Star 8 8 1895 2 4 Arizona Weekly Star 8 8 1895 4 2 2 inches of rain Arizona Weekly Star 15 8 1895 2 1 foreman Arizona Weekly Star 19 12 1895 4 1 Vail ships cattle from Pantano area to his Arizola range Arizona Weekly Star 24 2 1898 4 3 E. L. Vail, cattle raisers association Arizona Weekly Star 31 3 1898 4 2 Empire Ranch foreman Arizona Weekly Star 11 8 1898 4 3 Empire Land and Cattle Co. heavy taxpater Arizona Weekly Star 7 10 1898 1 7 Vail's Democratic delegate Arizona Weekly Star 27 10 1898 2 1 W. Vail patents T19S, R17E, Sec. 17, 320 acres Arizona Weekly Star 17 11 1898 4 2 W. Vail ships cattle from Calabasas to California Arizona Weekly Star 24 11 1898 2 1 Vail and Gates ship cattle to Los Angeles Arizona Weekly Star 5 1 1899 2 5 Vail and Gates ship cattle to Los Angeles Arizona Weekly Star 19 1 1899 2 2 W. Vail at Pantano Arizona Weekly Star 9 2 1899 4 2 W. Vail accident

Arizona Weekly Star 23 2 1899 2 5 W. Vail suit against C. W. Anderson over Klondyke gold scheme Arizona Weekly Star 16 3 1899 2 1 Vail, accident Arizona Weekly Star 14 9 1899 2 2 race horse Arizona Weekly Star 14 9 1899 2 3 Vail Arizona Weekly Star 14 12 1899 4 3 tax valuation exceeds $25,000 Daily Arizona Citizen 3 5 1879 3 2 buggy accident on road between Crittenden and Empire Daily Arizona Citizen 16 6 1879 4 2 mail route via ranch Daily Arizona Citizen 25 6 1879 3 2 ranch Daily Arizona Citizen 18 9 1879 2 1 Vail and Harvey climb Mt. Wrightstown, find bottle on top Daily Arizona Citizen 18 9 1879 2 1 ranch Page 8 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Daily Arizona Citizen 18 9 1879 2 1 Vail and Harvey climb highest peak in Santa Ritas, someone there earlier Daily Arizona Citizen 1 10 1879 3 3 Daily Arizona Citizen 18 11 1879 4 2 mail schedule Daily Arizona Citizen 19 4 1880 3 2 Vail and Harvey, Empire Ranch Daily Arizona Citizen 7 5 1880 1 2 Empire city, 1 mile below Sanford Ranch Daily Arizona Citizen 7 5 1880 1 3 Empire ranch Daily Arizona Citizen 2 8 1880 3 2 Tully and Ochoa to build road from Pantano to Empire Ranch via Davidson Canyon Daily Arizona Citizen 1 10 1880 3 2 supply cattle to Army with D. A. Sanford Daily Arizona Citizen 13 10 1880 3 3 election precinct, Empire city Daily Arizona Citizen 20 10 1880 3 4 W. L. Vail run for Pima County Supervisor Daily Arizona Citizen 8 11 1880 3 2 Empire Mining Co. Daily Arizona Citizen 24 12 1880 3 3 W. Vail vs John Murphy case Daily Arizona Citizen 31 12 1880 3 5 W. Vail ranch Daily Arizona Citizen 2 12 1882 3 1

Tucson Citizen 2 1 1906 4 1 Vail and Gates ship cattle from Pantano to Santa Cruz Island Tucson Citizen 16 1 1906 4 4 E. L. Vail opposes joint statehood Tucson Citizen 9 2 1906 4 2 Walter Vail in Tucson on business Tucson Citizen 9 2 1906 4 2 Harry Heffner is in from Los Angeles Tucson Citizen 15 2 1906 4 2 Vail and Gates ship cattle to California Tucson Citizen 16 2 1906 4 2 Walter Vail returns to California Tucson Citizen 22 2 1906 4 1 Tucson Citizen 19 3 1906 4 1 Tucson politicians visit the ranch Tucson Citizen 31 5 1906 4 2 Walter and Miss Mary Vail are in town

Tucson Citizen 14 6 1906 4 1 Vail and Gates ship cattle to California, inspected at Pantano Tucson Citizen 22 6 1906 4 1 Vail and Gates ship cattle to California Tucson Citizen 24 7 1906 8 3 ranch assessed a high value for tax purposes Tucson Citizen 24 10 1906 4 3 Walter Vail in from Los Angeles Tucson Citizen 12 11 1906 4 4 Walter Vail returns to Tucson from the ranch Page 9 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Tucson Citizen 23 11 1906 4 4 cattle shipped to California Tucson Citizen 30 11 1906 4 3 Walter Vail injured, hit by street car in Los Angeles, per his brother Ed Vail Tucson Citizen 1 12 1906 4 2 Walter Vail's accident Tucson Citizen 3 12 1906 5 2 Walter Vail dies Tucson Citizen 5 12 1906 4 1 Walter Vail funeral Tucson Citizen 24 1 1907 4 1 Walter Vail estate Tucson Citizen 25 1 1907 3 4 W. Vail's heirs battling over Mescal Springs Tucson Citizen 8 3 1907 4 1 Mr. Heffner, former manager of Empire Ranch, marries Tucson Citizen 11 5 1907 4 3 Vail and Gates ship cattle to their California ranch Tucson Citizen 14 8 1907 4 1 Vail visits the ranch Tucson Citizen 19 9 1907 8 1 Carroll Gates of Vail and Gates ranch Tucson Citizen 21 9 1907 5 6 Ainsa vs Richardson, an old case started 19 years ago, to Supreme Court, land is now part of the Empire Ranch Tucson Citizen 1 11 1907 8 4 rain Tucson Citizen 18 11 1907 3 3 ship cattle to California Tucson Citizen 21 11 1907 5 1 ship cattle to California

Tucson Citizen 3 1 1908 5 2 W. Vail nephew of County Treasurer E. L. Vail goes to the ranch Tucson Citizen 4 3 1908 5 1 H. McFadden, foreman Tucson Citizen 1 4 1908 8 3 Walter Vail estate Tucson Citizen 14 4 1908 3 4 Empire Land and Cattle Co. judgement against Walter Vail estate administrator over mining claims Tucson Citizen 14 4 1908 5 2 W. Vail Estate divided among 7 children Tucson Citizen 16 4 1908 5 1 County Treasurer E. L. Vail and nephew, Walter Vail, travel to Los Angeles Tucson Citizen 8 5 1908 8 4 Walter Vail, Jr., weds Los Angeles woman Tucson Citizen 26 5 1908 8 4 Walter Vail, Jr., who lives on the Empire Ranch, is discharged as administrator of the Walter Vail estate Tucson Citizen 3 6 1908 5 2 Walter Vail, Jr., at the ranch Tucson Citizen 20 7 1908 5 2 foreman Hugh McFadden Tucson Citizen 29 7 1908 5 1 W. Vail, Jr., at Empire Page 10 AYRES NEWSPAPER INDEX TOPIC: Empire Ranch

Date Page Paper Day Month Year Page Column M AD Annotation Tucson Citizen 18 9 1908 5 2 W. Vail, Jr., in town Tucson Citizen 21 9 1908 5 1 W. Vail, Jr., returns from California to ranch Tucson Citizen 8 10 1908 5 2 Banning Vail in from Empire Tucson Citizen 5 11 1908 5 1 Banning Vail, formerly of Los Angeles, lives at Empire Tucson Citizen 23 11 1908 6 3 Vail and Gates ship cattle to California Tucson Citizen 23 11 1908 6 3 Williard Wright inspected the Empire cattle at Pantano Tucson Citizen 14 1 1909 5 2 E. Vail goes to Empire Ranch

Tucson Citizen 16 1 1909 3 3 E. Vail deeds T14SR16E, Sec. 22 and 14, 240 acres to ranch Tucson Citizen 12 3 1909 5 2 Ed and Banning Vail to Empire on train to Pantano and then by buggy to ranch Tucson Citizen 12 3 1909 8 3 Empire Ranch sells Chiracahua Cattle Co. Tucson Citizen 20 3 1909 5 2 Vail and Gates lose calf to R. Escalante, who is arrested Tucson Citizen 2 4 1909 5 1 Mrs. W. L. Vail and N. R. Vail are in from Los Angeles Tucson Citizen 20 4 1909 5 2 E. L. Vail goes to Empire Ranch Tucson Citizen 1 5 1909 8 5 S. M. Franklin sues Empire Land and Cattle Co. over Babocomari land grant Tucson Citizen 7 5 1909 2 3 E. L. Vail returns from California Tucson Citizen 7 5 1909 5 4 Juan Lopez, charged with theft of Empire cattle, not guilty Tucson Citizen 14 8 1909 5 1 wild horse roundup

Tucson Citizen 29 9 1909 5 5 Walter Vail accident with women in a buggy in Los Angeles

Tucson Citizen 2 10 1909 6 2 Mrs. Vail and Miss Harriet Vail to spend the winter in Pasadena Tucson Citizen 11 10 1909 2 3 N. R. Vail spends a few days at Empire and returns to Los Angeles Tucson Citizen 1 1 1910 1 1 Vail estate buys C. W. Gates ranch Tucson Citizen 21 2 1910 5 2 Tom Turner of Empire Ranch in town to see aerial show Tucson Citizen 30 3 1910 5 4 Ed and Banning Vail at Empire Ranch Tucson Citizen 20 4 1910 2 4 M. Escalante, theft of cattle case Tucson Citizen 26 4 1910 1 3

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Tucson Citizen 10 5 1910 2 4 big fire, house saved, several barns and a windmill and tank lost Tucson Citizen 10 5 1910 2 4 Fort Huachuca troops help fight Empire Ranch fire

Tucson Citizen 20 9 1910 5 6 Ed Vail, Banning Vail, Walter Vail, and W. B. Coberly in Tucson Tucson Citizen 15 10 1910 5 6 E. L. Vail to spend several weeks at Empire Tucson Citizen 25 1 1911 5 4 W. Banning Vail, in lieu land selection Tucson Citizen 18 2 1911 5 4 horse thieves Tucson Citizen 30 5 1911 8 5 roundup, 2,000 head of cattle for California possible Tucson Citizen 19 6 1911 3 2 ships cattle to its ranch in southern California Tucson Citizen 3 11 1911 5 1 Banning Vail, manager of Empire Ranch Tucson Daily Citizen 28 7 1903 5 5 tax valuation, Empire Land and Cattle Co.

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