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I majored in business, minored in history after I completed 22 years in the U.S. Navy. While I was in service I was very fortunate to be stationed in northern Virginia, the richest area of America for learning history. I studied under professors from William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. My focus was the Civil War and post Civil War era, not to exclude the history west of the Mississippi River. I left Virginia in 1989 and returned to my wife’s home in San Diego California. This move rekindled an in-depth interest in the history of the west. We studied the San Diego area and the post Spanish explorer era. Work and personal interest took me to Jacksonville Florida for a few years. I soon discovered my body is filled with sagebrush and I need the open space of the prairie. My sister lived in Mesa so we packed up and headed on an adventure that only gets better each year. Since I have met the “Official Historian” of Arizona, Marshall Trimble, my excitement for the history of Arizona and the old west has grown. Each historian I meet reinforces the need to get the true story of the “Old West” to the new populous of Arizona, the southwest, and the west. Together we can provide the knowledge of important history, instill a desire to learn the Arizona, and western, culture as it is applied to modern society. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Editor -
I was born in Santa Monica, but we moved to Arizona when I was only 4. So I call it my home. Dad was a rep for Union Oil Co. and I had the opportunity to travel with him to every Union 76 station in the state over the years. And that means every little two bit town on the map. He frequently had long talks with the locals about the history of the area and we would take side trips to visit the sites. Sometimes it was a ghost town, a mine, a river, a canyon, a historic home or a town elder with great stories. (Link) Most of my Arizona history was learned sitting quietly in a booth in a small town cafe listening to the old folks tell their stories. Dad and I both loved books and over the years I have amassed a large collection of Arizona history books. In later years my husband and I were big into collecting antiques and our travels took me back to many of those small towns of my childhood, often dramatically changed. But I still take the time to stop and check out the markers, sites and local history. My daughter is the traveler now. She has computer clients all over the state and I often accompany her on trips. We have recently spent a lot of time in Navajo country. My background includes a BSBA, a computer business for 20 years, gift shop, western & antique stores, editor and freelance writer, and web developer. My business is called Crazy Cowgirl reflecting the crazy life this cowgirl has led. With the seeds of a western historian deeply imbedded it's only natural to put my efforts into writing about the west. The Wild West Gazette is the perfect opportunity for looking back into the history that has shaped the west of today. I hope you enjoy our efforts as much as we relish digging up the answers. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marketing & Promotion -
He later attended Phoenix College and ASU. In 1969 he became the bar manager at Pinnacle Peak Patio and a member of Guns For Hire gunfighter group. Later he owned a bar in Prescott and split his time between Wisconsin and Arizona. Now semi-retired he still enjoys entertaining people with good old fashioned old west gunfights. See more about the Arizona Duuude at
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I
was born in Iowa, May of '46. Before I was 4 months old we moved to
Scotts Bluff Nebraska. From the time I was 4, my best friend and I were
hunting for artifacts in little known battle sights in western Nebraska
& Wyoming. Uncovering arrowheads, Sharps rifles, abandoned by the owner,
Navy Colt pistols, and broken battle lances in battle sites around my
home was exciting. It is fun to stand on an old battleground site and
imagine the sharp shooter taking aim at the enemy. Custer standing on
the rise of the Big Horn, both Colts blazing was a scene I played in my
mind many times in my early youth. By the time I was seven (7) I was
hooked on history. The seed was sown, I became a life time western
history buff. 
