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Spade Ranch founders built fruit and cattle empire near Payson
William Craig and Paul Vogel started the Spade Ranch on Webber Creek in the late 1800s. They developed orchards, a fruit processing plant, and a cattle herd that grew rapidly before Forest Service regulations and overgrazing altered the landscape. Now only stone walls and chimneys remain as wildlife reclaim the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fisher
Payson
Spade Ranch
Webber Creek
Geronimo Estates
William Craig
Paul Vogel
Craig
U.S
Vogel
Great Plains
Pine
Strawberry
Camp Verde
Beaver Creek
Fossil Creek
Salt
New Mexico
Utah
Little Green Valley
Marion Derrick
Indian Garden Forest
Levi Berger
Durham
Devon
England
Tonto Basin
New Forest Service
Whispering Pines
Hendershot
Old Man
Siddle
East Verde