Wyoming State Law Library

Kate Maxwell is a saloon proprietress caught between her feelings for suave cattle promoter Jim and the town's sheriff. There's plenty more about Jim that Kate doesn't know, and by the time she finds out the truth, both she and the town are in grave danger. Now Kate and the sheriff have to battle overwhelming odds to set things right.

Rose Landro is on the run. Seeking refuge at the Rimrock Ranch, she is finally ready to claim the land her granddaddy left her and make a fresh start. But her return is rife with controversy when cattle begin disappearing - and a handsome menace named Tanner McCade starts watching Rose a little too closely. Could the new cowhand be connected to the men she's hiding from? Or is there another reason the rugged stranger is shadowing her every move?

Elmer Kelton, author of more than 40 Western adventures, has won an unprecedented seven Spur Awards. Jericho's Road follows the perilous trail of young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard, who has been assigned to control feuding ranchers on each side of the Mexico-Texas border. Caught in the middle of a potential bloodbath, Andy is determined to find a peaceful way to end the conflict.

"There's serious trouble brewing in the Choctaw nation, and it goes by the name of Tiny McCoy. This small-time cattle rustler is expanding his brand by brewing batches of whiskey in the Chocktaw territory of Muddy Boggy Creek. Tiny and his partner have also turned the illegal brewery into a robber's roost for outlaws, cutthroats, and killers of every bent. Local lawman Jim Little Eagle is under attack and out-gunned. But when he sends a wire to Fort...

When he arrives at his uncle's ranch, which is well beyond the eyes of his watchful parents, Caleb Hart, longing for adventure, gets more than he bargains for when he goes up against cattle rustlers, kidnappers, and outlaws.

A cattle drive from Texas to Kansas is lured into an ambush by rustlers who have a spy among the cowboys. The drive is seen through the eyes of Ty Bannon, 18, a rookie cowboy making his first drive. He describes the destruction of the herd and the way his colleagues obtain revenge.

"Reece Canby, owner of the Diamond RC, spent years as a youngster on the nearby Mescalero Apache reservation. By treaty, Chief Antone's tribe has ownership of the Sentinel Basin. But Sax Starke and Chelso DeLacca of the Teepee spread want this graze. Their plan is to stir up trouble with the Mescaleros so that the government will intervene. Now two Mescaleros that Reece has known since childhood stand accused of rustling by two witnesses -- both employed...

A Harvard graduate, turned federal Marshal in Wyoming, learns of a government sanctioned plot by cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting battle is based on the Johnson County War of 1892.

"With two trail drives under his belt, Dewey "Mac" Mackenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He's good at serving up justice, too--with a side of hot lead . . . Mac Mackenzie has enough problems on his plate. He's got bounty hunters on his tail, no one on his side, and no place to hide. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse, he hears the rumbling of a cattle stampede--heading straight for his camp. Mac's got two choices: Get...

Bitter Trail: Tough teamster Frio Wheeler hauls cotton from Texas to Mexico. But as the Civil War rages through the South, Wheeler must contend with the most difficult challenges he’ s ever faced, including imprisonment with the bandidos in league with Union sympathizers and the betrayal of his best friend— his former partner and brother of the woman he loves Barbed Wire: Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the Texas town...