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Category Archives: Stories
Frontier Tales
Western stories are making a comeback, or so some experts say, but tales of the hardships our pioneers confronted have long been a rewarding and intriguing part of American literature. From the Leather Stocking Tales by James Fennimore Cooper through … Continue reading →
Payback at Murderer’s Bar
Sunshine suddenly flooded through the open door of the cabin. I picked up the crutch my eldest, Enos, had fashioned from an alder branch and limped outside. Thick, dark clouds still roiled above the river as far as I could … Continue reading →
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Firebaugh’s Ferry
It wasn’t much of a town. The one ramshackle wooden building looked so poorly made that someone must’ve piled the barrels of beans, barley and wheat along the sides just to keep the place from blowing down in a good-sized … Continue reading →
