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A harsh winter decimates ninety percent of range cattle and horses, pushing ranchers to financial ruin as they struggle to save what little remains.
“Fully ninety per cent of the range cattle are dead, and the horses fared little better.”
A young fur trader, caught in the crossfire of escalating tensions during the Indian Wars, finds his only salvation in the quick thinking of a woman named E-wan.
“Phelix will not forget that night—not the inky blackness of the terrible night, which the fitful flash of the campfire distorted into hideous silhouettes.”
A new gold and grain boom on the Columbia River, driven by railroad expansion, promises to transform the Washington Territory.
“It is a land of gold and a land of grain; it is a land of promise and rare fulfillment.”
A young, inexperienced laborer struggles to keep pace with a rough, veteran wheat-harvesting crew in the Big Bend region.
“Say, kid, can’t you even harness a horse yet?”
A rookie farm hand shares a vivid account of the grueling, back-breaking labor of the Big Bend harvest.
“I was the 'kid.' No Shorty or Midget or Stocky, but just—the 'kid.' My, how I did grow to detest that name!”
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