The border vidette., 1930-11-15
CIRCLE z RANCH FOUR YEARS
OLD
tuesdays InternationaD

GOu6y > Uik Al ulSV1C0 Lay kONOOs
was completed and opened for,
guests in the fall OF 1926 and be
fore the first season was we'll
started, it was necessary to ia
crease the capacity and the fifth
bungalow was Immediately con
fstructed.
During the four years that
Circle z has been in operation,
she capacity has been constantly
increased until now there are
splendid Accommodations for 65
guests.
In 1923 Lee G.. Zinsmeister
took over the interests 10 the
ranch from his brother Carl +.
|Z,nsmeister aud for the past
two seasons the ranch has been
owned and managed by Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee nsmeiSter.
q Over one, thousand guests
have been entertained ct Circle
Y" Ranch since it was opened
in 1925 aud the average length
of stay per guest has been about
four weeks. Many families have
remained turnout the entire sea
son, arriving in the fell and de
parting for their homes again
ia the late spring. Many fami
lies have been guests for three
consecutivs years and q number
of reservations have been re
ceiged from formerasg uests who
are returning for their fourth
winter.
At the present time, Circle
u" Ranch is q small self con.
tanned village. Twenty two
buildings have been erected to
comfortably house the guests of
the ranch aud the servants.
Evers guest room has either a
private bath or q bath connect.
ing with one other room. Ev.
cry room is steam heated, elec.
trically lighted and 10 artistic
ally and comfortably furnished.
There is model kitchen and
beautiful dining rooms. A sec
ond living room was added e.
few years ago to give added
comfort to the guests. The
ranch maintains string of near
|ly 100 horses for the use OF the
guests and during the season
there are many times when ff
ty to sixty horses are saddled
for the guests. " Horseback rid
ing is of course the chief diver.
sion, but there are many other
things to keep up the interest
of out of door life. There is a
large concrete swimming pool
and q splendid tennis court.
Just five years ago, construc.
tion was begun on the Circle ~"
Guest ranch which is located II
miles from Nogales and 5 miles
from Patagonia on the Nogales-
Patagonia highway. The prop.
erty on which the ranch is 10.
Gated was known as the Sanford
ranch and was home-steaded
in the very early seventies by
the late Don Sanford.
The location of the Circle u"
Ranch was chosen after months
OF search thruout southern Ari
zona. There was no other avail
able place which had TO offer
the great number of natural
advantages such as were found
on this property. It is climati
cally perfect for winter resort
at the invigorating aud health.
full altitude of 1000 feet. It is
scenically beautiful. surrounded
as it is by mountains and the
Sonoita creek which runs thru
the ranch with its banks cover
ed with large trees is truly q
garden spot in the entire south
west.
From the beginning, the Cir
Gle "" Ranch was planned to
be the most complete and best
equipped ranch resort in the
state and there is nothing left IN.
done to cause guests to want for
q single comfort.
Artistic, substantial buildings
of adobe were erected and for
the first year q capacity Of 26
guests was planned for. The
first construction consisted of
large main building containing
the living room, dining rooms
and kitchen aud four bunga
lows containing four bed rooms
each.
Every building which the old
ranch contained we're Immediate
1 ly destroyed and in their place
the new ones were erected. Be.
sides the actual buildings it was