It's been live, love, and laugh ever since we met. We've been married now thirty-three years. Even for a ninety-three-year-old man, thirty-three years is a long time. For Gil Schwartz, thirty-three years is nearly one-third of his life. The former real estate broker, who was raised in Rye, New York, learned the business by working with his father and then forming his own property management company in Manhattan. In 1959, with two children in tow, Gil moved to Las Vegas, where he soon took temporary quarters at Twin Lakes Lodge and he and his children learned to ride horses. In this interview, Schwartz recalls how horseback riding gave him an instant network of friends through working on the annual Helldorado Days and joining the Sheriff's Mounted Posse. He talks about Sahara Realty, the real estate brokerage he founded in 1964 and sold in 1983, and he shares his experiences 1967–68 in negotiating options to buy about one hundred parcels of unimproved land for Herb Nall, who represe
Jay Sarno (second from left, seated at table) with his children and unidentified guests at a restaurant. Freddie Sarno is seen standing second from the right, Jay C. Sarno (Jay, Jr.) and Heidi Sarno are seen at the right at the table.
Donald Richard, Sr. and Freda (Humphrey) Schuyler with their five Walsh grandsons. L-R: James Christopher (Chris), William Patrick (Pat), Steven Peter (Peter), Michael Robert (Mike), and Paul Kelly (Kelly). Gail (Schuyler) Walsh is the children's mother, married to Robert Lawton Walsh.