Get on Board Vail History Bus Tour From the Rincon Valley to the ghost town of Pantano, the landscape will come alive as participants discover the great stories and sites of the greater Vail area. Learn about the people and places of Vail. Reservation required, $25....
ReImagine Vail-Community Survey, Preservation Plan Tools we can use to inspire Vail’s future was presented for the first time in Vail on July 19, 2014. What can you imagine along Vail’s main street? A park, safe walkways for students between Acacia Elementary and Old...
Your donation keeps The Section Foreman House project on track! The Marsh Station Foreman House has been placed adjacent to an intact section of 1880s rail bed in the center of the new railroad-themed Esmond Station K-8 School. When rehabilitation is complete it will...
The Vail Preservation Society and Vail were proud to host one of the Whistle Stops celebrating Arizona’s Centennial. The Engineer of engine 844 sent special Tweets to students at Acacia Elementary School who were following the engine’s...
The Vail Store and Post Office was the hub of communication and commerce for an area stretching from the Rincon Valley in the north to the Santa Rita Mountains to the south. Correspondence was welcomed equally by well-to do ranch owners and railroad section hands. ...
As a child Miguel Escalante helped Vail Postmistress Mary Jane Warner with the postal mail bags at the Vail Store & Post Office. He and Engine 844 conductor wave goodbye to the crowd of 1,000 as he and Max Allen carry a mail bag filled with letters from students...
