History: Vail is an up-and-coming community just minutes southeast of Tucson, the Rancho Del Lago community supports a spectacular golf course and genuine territorial history.
Quick history: Edward L Vail arrived from the East Coast in 1876. He and his brother Walter, established and built the Empire Ranch. Edward deeded land from his ranch to the railroad. When a railroad came through in 1881, a railroad stop and town was given he name "Vail". At one point Vail's Empire Ranch controlled all the private land from Vail to the Mexican Border, between the San Pedro and the Santa Cruz River.
