During the frontier days, North Dakota was considered the land of opportunity by hardy pioneers eager to settle on 160 free acres offered by the government. All they had to do was prove up on the land for three years and it was theirs. The Morgan family found proving up was no simple task. The prairie they experienced was a killer - hot and dry in the summer, numbing cold in the winter, torrential rains that turned their sod house into a dripping muddy mess, tornadoes, prairie fires, and hordes of insects. But they were determined to stick it out...
Tina Wanski and her husband Raul discover how much cattle ranchers in southern Colorado hate sheep when the ranchers drive them out and kill Raul. Except for her herders, Tina is left alone to drive her sheep to the Tongue River Valley in Montana. She soon becomes hardened to the problems facing a sheep owner as they trail through cattle country. But she becomes more determined to show cattlemen that she is not going to be pushed around and tries desperately to gain a foothold in Montana. When the gunplay starts can Tina defend her interests and her future?
Tyler Justin, owner of a small ranch in southern Colorado, finds his neighbor, Jed Simmons, dead. To make matters worse Jed's prize Arabian stallion is stolen. Tyler is suspected and jailed for the murder. With a desire to clear his name, Tyler breaks out of jail and goes in pursuit of the real killers. While on the trail, he is captured by Indians and narrowly escapes with his body intact. The trail leads Tyler to Sacramento where he captures one of the killers. Learning who the accomplices are, he returns to Colorado to confront the ringleaders.
Reuben and Amy Corbin, brother and sister, are left destitute in 1886 when Quantrills Raiders burn their Missouri farm, kill their father, and ride off with all the livestock and supplies. Reuben swears that somehow, someday, he will find and kill the individual raider he saw gun-down his father. With no means of support, brother and sister decide to try for Oregon. They find work and earn enough money to join up with a wagon train. The wagon train becomes the platform for a continuous array of adventures, hardships and close, new-found relationships..
Prim and proper Becky Hurst leaves the frontier town of Seattle and travels alone to the Yukon to join her neer-do-well husband. But things don't turn out like she planned. Becky learns worldly truths that were suppressed while sheltered in her parents home. Her survival is soon linked to her quick wit and new found prowess with firearms. Proper manners fall by the wayside as she grows stronger and trailwise, challenging the wilderness on its own terms. Becky learns to survive and endure in a man's world, but at what cost...?
Cynthia and Abigail Hartford leave their millinery shop in the east to inspect a cattle ranch in Rockland, Wyoming that they inherited from their deceased brother. The ranch, according to local gossip is \"hexed.\" \"Ranch hands are dying like flies,\" they\'re told. The two women are offered a fraction of the ranch\'s value by a shyster attorney. Undaunted, they hire Slim Bates, a tough, no-nonsense ramrod with a hard fist and quick gun-hand to take over the ranch. Ghost or no ghost, the ladies are determined to move in...
Jim Mosby was just a tad under seventeen when he left Texas. But he was as tough as they come and quick with a gun. Ending up in Missouri, he found a job with the Pony Express where he gained a new friend named Matt Rossiter. When the Pony Express went out of business, the two sidekicks found work in various jobs. They were scouts for the U.S. Cavalry, meat-hunters for the mines, and finally took a hand at gold mining. They found a fortune in gold. To commemorate their good fortune Matt made a bullet of gold. A bullet which fulfills a deadly destiny...
Upon the death of her father, Kim Demming has no alternative but to leave Seattle and go live with her uncle in Arrowhead, Wyoming. On the way, she meets Steve Owens a drifting cowhand who decides to look for work in Arrowhead. Neither of the two are aware of the serious roles they are about to play in Wyoming. Kim knew her uncle owned a ranch, but she didn't have any idea it was a sheep ranch located in cattle country. Nor was she aware of the range war brewing. Both Kim and Steve are hell-bent for trouble...
