Empire to Las Cienegas NCA: Ranching and Historic Landscape Change – Arivaca
Arivaca Old School House 17080 W. 4th St, Arivaca, AZ, United StatesThe Empire Ranch, built by Walter Vail and family, was one of the most financially successful and long-lived cattle enterprises in Arizona. For over 140 years, the owners of the Empire wisely managed its natural resources – soils, waters, and vegetation in the Cienega Valley. Today those grasslands are some of the richest and most […]