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In "Renegade Rifles," the hostile Apaches have attacked a wagon convoy at night, a time when traditionally the Apaches do not fight.

Walt Hodge had delivered eighty horses to Whipple Barracks for the Army and he wasn't in a big hurry to get home. He traveled down the Saginaw Mountains and into the upland cow country of Sunflower, Arizona, seeking only a cold glass of beer, food, and a bed for himself, along with feed for his horse. He should have listened and turned around when he asked the hostler what was going on and was told: "Trouble, mister. Bad trouble." After he had a drink, surrounded by silent cowmen, he discovered why the town of Sunflower was so unusually quiet and empty. He had walked into the middle of an emerging range war over water rights in the middle of a blistering summer. Being mistaken as a one of Jim Bricker's B-Back-to-Back men, annoyed Walt, but being knocked out by a Bricker rider, who said Walt was a Mike Weedon man, was just more than he could take. Then he met Bricker's daughter. It doesn't take long for Hodge to find himself in the middle of things once he is blamed for the killing of a Bricker man. By the time the war was over three men would be dead, the town of Sunflower would find its self-respect, and a jailhouse would be full of demoralized cowmen.

The collected stories....Volume II....of EAA "Sport Aviation" columnist Lauran Paine Jr., retired military pilot, retired airline pilot and RV-8 builder. These are stories for the aviation soul.

Recognized for its cultural significance, this work contributes to the foundational knowledge of civilization. It has been chosen by scholars for its importance, highlighting its relevance in understanding historical and societal contexts.

"This Center Point large print edition is published in the year 2020 in co-operation with Golden West Literary Agency"--Title page verso.

Forced to take a precipitous route off the rimrocks and down into an unknown valley to escape certain death by four men pursuing him, Pete Knight, a cowhand seeking a job, sees a town ahead in the distance. If he can just make it to that town, he believes he will be safe. Little does he know that he is heading into Gunsight, Wyoming, where a long-standing feud between the townsmen and the range men has reached the boiling point. Arthur Hobart owner of the Diamond H has issued a warning that if the people of Gunsight do not stop victimizing his cowpunchers, he's going to bring in his own law enforcer and burn the town down. And the appearance of Pete means only one thing to the townsfolk: Hobart is about to make good on his threat. When Pete is jailed, he tries to convince Sheriff Mike Mulaney to get confirmation that he is not who the Gunsighters think he is. But before the matter can be resolved, Pete is lynched in the middle of the night by five men wearing burlap hoods. When his Pete's brother Ben, a US deputy marshal, arrives seeking vengeance for his brother's hanging, he has even more reason to hate the town and what it represents than those on the Diamond H. But when Hobart tries to use Ben's arrival for his own advantage, Ben must choose between protecting the town and abandoning his trail of vengeance or standing by while Hobart's threats become reality.

"Published ... in the year 2019 in co-operation with Golden West Literary Agency"--Copyright page.

Jackson Miggs was a loner who wintered under the Ute Peak in his log cabin. He liked people well enough, but didn't care much for crowds. He even tolerated the cowmen like Hyatt Tolman who used the high meadows around Ute Peak to graze his herd-even when the animals cropped the forage too closely and drove the elk and deer into the higher mountains. Miggs once told Frank McCoy that if he looked out a window and saw a building less than two hundred feet away, he felt like things were closing in on him. In return for Jack's friendship, Frank would take Miggs' pelts out in the fall, sell them at Fort Laramie and Cheyenne, then dig up the money he had buried for Jack, and bring it to him in the spring. But this time Frank McCoy was accompanied by beautiful Beverly Shafter and a strange herd of Durham cattle driven by Denver Holt and his crew. They moved right into the grazing land that the Tolman herd had been coming to for years. There was no doubt about it-there was going to be trouble in Ute Peak country.

The trouble begins for Sheriff Claude Rainey when a mummified man and his horse is discovered in a desert canyon near Springville, Arizona, both shot in the head. What troubles Rainey is that near the body are five bloodstained packets of $100 bills. The only clue to the identity of the dead man is the shriveled up brand on the horse. It is Sheriff Rainey's hope that the town can keep the money and build a schoolhouse. But then two men arrive within two weeks of each other. The first informs Rainey that US Marshal Jonas Gantt and his horse have been found shot in the head on his land across the border in Mexico. The circumstances are similar to those of the dead man and his horse found in the canyon. The second man informs Rainey that the dead man found by the Hightower cowboys was his partner back in Raton, New Mexico. Both men arouse suspicion. Will the killer and what it is that he is really after?

The story unfolds in Winchester, Colorado, where a conflict erupts between wealthy cattleman Richard DeFore and the local stage line, creating tension in the town. Newly appointed sheriff John Klinger, who is still finding his footing in the role, faces the challenge of mediating this dispute. DeFore's insistence on charging a toll for passage through his land complicates matters, putting Klinger’s leadership and the town's stability to the test. The narrative explores themes of power, authority, and the struggle for community resources.