Wayne D Overholser

Jim Horn leads his wagon trail of settlers on the perilous journey from Ohio to Colorado. Only to be confronted before they reach trail's end by Pueblo the gambler and his gang. Pueblo declares that if the settlers want to continue they have to pay - with everything they own. Something that Jim Horn just did not agree with and will put right with his death if needs be.

Land grant fights between small settlers and big companies.

"In two Western stories, 'The Courage Builder' and 'Valley of the 99', small time ranchers that the wealthy are trying to force them off their land. Violence erupts when they allow others to use that fear to manipulate them"--Provided by publisher.

"Twelve traditional Western stories set in Oregon and Colorado about lawmen, gunfighters, cattlemen, sheepmen, businessmen, lawyers, teachers, stubborn old men and independent women"--

Central Oregon-the last frontier. Transportation is still by stagecoach and freight wagon. There is a movement afoot for a people's railroad, paid for by the state, to bring the benefits of rails to the area, to make it easier to ship livestock and produce, and to encourage settlement. For years, the competing railroad barons, James J. Hill and Edward H. Harriman, have done nothing toward building a line in central Oregon, but now, under the impetus...