Eli Jefferson left his home in Sweetwater, Texas, intent on doing as a good son should, and helping to raise the money his father needed to pay the upcoming bank note. After finishing a cattle drive and earning the money needed, Eli set out for home, ecstatic.As he neared home, Eli was bushwhacked by an unknown gunman. The bullet creased his head and left him with amnesia. With no memory of who he was, he stumbled unknowingly on the burned remnants of his family's ranch. His mother...

Stallion Springs, Nebraska was a growing, outreaching mid-western town along with many other towns of its size and its general population. Telegraph lines were put up and a telegrapher came in just a little while after the war. The town had a sheriff named, Tom Banister, and a deputy sheriff named, Jim Iverson. On the most part, Stallion Springs was a peaceful, quiet little out of the way town looking to expand its borders. The year: 1872. There were three prominent cattle ranches in the s...

This is the story of Big Jim Bowdry, an ex-City Marshal of Hays, Kansas.He had gained a reputation with his fists, as well as the lightning speed of his .45 caliber pistol, if, and when it was necessary. He took no guff from anybody. Although he was a good-natured man, he saw things logically, and looked only at the facts, and the evidence. He had always said, "I'm not the judge, or jury. I just carry out the letter of the law for the state of Kansas." When he went after a man, he w...

Eli Jefferson left his home in Sweetwater, Texas, intent on doing as a good son should, and helping to raise the money his father needed to pay the upcoming bank note. After finishing a cattle drive and earning the money needed, Eli set out for home, ecstatic.As he neared home, Eli was bushwhacked by an unknown gunman. The bullet creased his head and left him with amnesia. With no memory of who he was, he stumbled unknowingly on the burned remnants of his family's ranch. His mother...

'Wind River', is a tale of the Sioux uprising along the Big Wind River, and in the Wind River Valley, the Indians call, 'Valley of the Warm Winds'. The Wind River is in the territory of Wyoming, and this story is a fictional tale from the year of 1868. The main character, Jeb Winslow is thrust into the survival against the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pawnee and Ute Indians. He is a mountain man who was attacked with two of his friends, both were killed, and he was only wounded but, played de...

During the famed Indian chief, 'Red Cloud War', against the armies of the United States, hostilities grew ever more dangerous and treacherous with every passing day. Many skirmishes and battles between the warring factions have become legendary and worthy of being written down in journals that have become the annuls of military history.Such battles include - the 'Battle of Deer Creek Station', on May 20, 1865. Also, the 'Battle of Dry Creek Station', on June 3, 1865, as well as, the...

During the famed Indian chief, 'Red Cloud War', against the armies of the United States, hostilities grew ever more dangerous and treacherous with every passing day. Many skirmishes and battles between the warring factions have become legendary and worthy of being written down in journals that have become the annuls of military history.Such battles include - the 'Battle of Deer Creek Station', on May 20, 1865. Also, the 'Battle of Dry Creek Station', on June 3, 1865, as well as, th...

After three years of conducting a vengeance trail against the Sioux and Cheyenne when his parents were killed up on the Medicine Bow, Lin Allan Cooper finally came back to the place he now calls home, North Ridge, New Mexico only to find the ranch that he and his best friend, Frank Shimmer had built from the ground up had been bought by another party who paid past due tax debts, as well as, an overdue mortgage.Stage holdups, murder, and a personal vendetta against Coop, as he was c...

Captain Josiah Edward Stewart, 5th Battalion, 1st Cavalry, assigned Fort Archer, Arizona territory has been accused of negligence & cowardess in the face of the enemy.Found not guilty, Colonel Bream gave Captain Stewart and Captain Allen Moody a two week furlough.During an Apache attack against a stagecoach they were on, Captain Stewart was bound while Captain Moody was wounded. Captain Stewart and Captain Moody outfitted themselves to track and find the Apache who attacked t...

'Siege at Bear River', is a glimpse in time of two brothers, one a major, the other a captain in the United States Cavalry in the year, 1868. The story embellishes the love and affection, as well as, the comradery, and hi-jinx they had for each other. Together, they faced a formidable enemy, The Shoshone, the Nez Perce, and the Hidatsa Indians in southeastern Washington State. Both men were assigned to Fort Reerdon with Colonel Karl E. Mathison as commanding officer. Major Roger Bailey, hi...

The story of Jericho James and his horse, Lucky is about a man who left his hometown of, Parkersburg, West Virginia in search of wealth and stability. Jericho set his plans on California and the gold fields, or whatever takes his fancy. The year is 1916. Jericho is telling his grandchildren of his life in 1876 when he was 24 years old. Jericho, at the time of his telling, is 65 years old. It is also a story inside a story.While Jericho is telling his story to his grandchildren, they...

'A Brimful of Nettle' is an expression that states that whatever situation you find yourself in, and that situation rings on far too long, and now, your cup is full to the brim and overflowing of any understanding of it, and a brimful of nettle being not only an annoyance, but generally a situation that angers you. Consider the situation the Siringo family has found themselves in. They have lost the patriarch of their family, Richard Siringo, to a heart attack, and yet, the trouble with De...