She fought outlaws, gunmen and rustlers…and won.
Ann Bassett, Colorado’s Cattle Queen
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Linda Wommack
Kill the Indian
In this latest installment of Boggs’s Killstraight series, Kill the Indian, Daniel Killstraight heads to Texas where he meets Quanah Parker. A freak...
West From Salt Lake
For those interested in the history of Westward migration, West from Salt Lake is a must read. The history of the Central Overland Trail, blazed by...
The Lonely Road
Kraft walks the reader over the dusty trails with Wynkoop to the point that the reader gets to know Wynkoop’s most intimate activities as he...
Quantrill at Lawrence: The Untold Story
As with most controversial episodes in American history, two sides exist for this story. Paul R. Petersen takes the reader to the summer of 1863 and...
Route 66 Missouri
Joe Sonderman has turned out a nice addition to the annals of Route 66 history. His book is a good overall history of the highway as it was...
Pansy’s History
Margaret E.P. Gordon lived a century (1866-1966) and documented the changes and progress she witnessed in her amazing life. In the volume Pansy’s...
The Case of the Indian Trader
In The Case of the Indian Trader, we learn that for more than 40 years, Billy Malone had cultivated a trusting relationship with the Navajo Indians....
Aileen & Roy: From Sod House to State House
Mary Grimes recounts the remarkable lives of her parents in great detail. She was a county school superintendent, and he was a three-term governor...
Hell on the Range
If anything, Daniel Herman’s treatment of the Rim Country War in 1880s Arizona is thought provoking (most of you know it as the Pleasant Valley...
Don’t Make Me Go to Town: Ranchwomen of the Texas Hill Country
Rhonda Lopez presents the stories of eight exceptional women ranchers in a somewhat unconventional style: interviews. As such, we read the women’s...
Dude Ranching in Yellowstone Country
Not only is this a great history of the infamous Valley Ranch and the area of Yellowstone, but it is also a terrific insight into the beginnings of...