Black Horse Western
10 total works
Landgrabbers in the Wild West didn't always have it their own way, as Arthur Bothwell found out when he tried to drive Jim Everell and his lover Ellie Watson from their homesteads. When Jim Everell is killed, Bothwell thinks he has won, except that broken-hearted Ellie Watson decides to take her revenge by carrying the fight right into the heart of his cattle-ranching empire. By taking on a lone woman Bothwell breaks one of the cowboy codes of behaviour and his right-hand man doesn't like it. His defection to Ellie Watson's side tips the balance in her favour. Even so, Ellie has to fight to lead with lead and the outcome is always in doubt.
Black Hills Stage Company was robbed of the gold it carried from the mines of Dakota Territory. All efforts to apprehend the thief had failed and now it was down to one man: the legendary manhunter Will Casper.'
In the days before the West was finally tamed, there were always battles to be fought. English aristocrat Burney-Moore's own battle is to persuade his spirited daughter not to marry the charismatic outlaw, Elton Tyler.
The West Texas town of Pecos is in the grip of lawlessness. Only one man, the young and inexperienced Mitch Miller, has the courage to do anything about it. But first he has to deal with the town's corrupt sheriff, Matt Lock, and his paymaster, a ruthless gambler called Norris. All seems lost for Miller as he stands alone. Then outlaw Cal Withers and his men ride into town. Withers has no interest in bringing law and order to Pecos but, ironically, there is now just a chance that Miller can clean up the town and stay alive long enough to see it through.
Gunter is the lone survivor of a German family murdered by bushwhackers. He resolves the make Jonathon Gates, the leader of the gang, pay for his crimes. But the bushwhackers have become masters of guerilla warfare and seem unbeatable.
Great fortunes were made when the railroad moved westwards and many were the rich and powerful men who wanted these fortunes for themselves. Ed Sanders was killed for his fortune and it looked as if his daughter Kate would lose her inheritance. Kate is kidnapped by a ruthless killer.