Editor -
LeeAnn Sharpe 602-565-5785 editor@wildwestgazette.com

 I always wondered why my Dad and I had such a love for the old west. My genealogy research
revealed a possible answer. In the 1880's my great grandmother, at just 19-years-old divorced her abusive 56-year-old husband and abandoned her son, my grandfather, in Maine to take trains and stage coaches to a new life in southern California. She wrote her son frequently about her life in the wild west running a stage stop.  His obsession for all things western led to my father's lifetime fascination with the west. When Dad returned from an Army MASH unit in Korea, he tried to look up his grandmother in San Diego, only to learn she had passed away just a week before. After Dad married my Mom they packed up and moved from Maine to California to live the good life. And they found a great life first in California then in Arizona. (Sadly Grandpa never made it out of New England but lived the west vicariously through Dad's letters)

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. (Link) 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. 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.  

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. 

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Sales -
Arizona Duude - Bob Roloff 602-930- 0757 sales@wildwestgazette.com

 Originally from Wisconsin, Bob attended Scottsdale High in 1959, but went into the US Navy and didn’t return to Arizona until the mid-sixties.

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.

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