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Vail, Edward L., 1849-1936. Diary, 1890.

Title: Diary, 1890.

Diary describes a cattle drive to California, Jan. 31-Mar.29, 1890, by the Empire Land and Cattle Co. to escape high freight rates. Includes financial accounts, cattle records, notes on supplies.

ArchivalResource: .1 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31896647 View

Wood, Charles Morgan, d. 1927. Wood manuscripts, 1923-1927.

Title: Wood manuscripts, 1923-1927.

Collection of typescript manuscripts by various authors, including Wood, about the Oatman Massacre, Apache Kid and Capt. Lawton, an Apache raid at Empire Ranch, Arizona argonauts, and biographical sketches of pioneers such as Hilario Gallego, Henry I. Yohn, Frederick Brunckow, Milton Duffield, Isaac Goldberg, Henry W. Corbusier, and others. Authors include Tom Hughes, Petra Etchells, Edward Vail, Charles Poston, and A.H. Noon.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42388666 View

Vail, Edward L., 1849-1936. Vail papers, 1875-1935.

Title: Vail papers, 1875-1935.

Correspondence, business records, and manuscripts of reminiscences relating to Edward Vail and his family's businesses. Family correspondence, 1863 to 1890, concern Arizona topics and life on the Empire Ranch. Manuscripts are reminiscences of events and activities including an 1896 cattle drive to California, life at the Empire Ranch, history of the Pantano (La Cienega) stage station, and the history of the Total Wreck Mine.

ArchivalResource: 2.75 linear ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43284671 View

Empire Ranch (Ariz.). Empire Ranch records, 1874-1944 (bulk 1880-1916).

Title: Empire Ranch records, 1874-1944 (bulk 1880-1916).

Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, livestock records, and other materials relating to the history, development, and operation of ranch property in Southern Arizona and California. Includes records of cattle companies associated with the Empire Ranch. Some ranches covered are Onyx Ranch, Bonita Ranch, El Dorado Ranch, Rosemont Ranch, Pantano Ranch, and Rancho Corral de Quati. Also present are land and mining papers including Arizona land patents, land grant materials, abstracts of titles, and papers relating to mines such as the Total Wreck Mine. Abstracts of title involve land of the Whetstone and San Pedro Land and Cattle Co., Arivaca Land and Cattle Co., Las Jarillas Cattle Co. and others.

ArchivalResource: 7 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30482156 View