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When Russ Lang, sheriff of Twin Buttes is killed trying to avert a bank robbery, his son Todd seeks revenge. Todd goes undercover posing as a cowhand to get a job at the Frying Pan Ranch which is suspected of being a haven for crooks of all repute. The Frying Pan Ranch had belonged to a Claude Fanning who just up and disappeared. Now the ranch is being run by a rough fellow named Shep. Todd soon realizes he may never get off the ranch alive until...
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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...
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Believing they have killed a revenue agent, Russ and Howie leave Arkansas and run to Oklahoma to Russ's uncle Tyge. He offers them $1,000 each to join a land rush and file on two homesteads for him. When they learn the money won't be paid until they prove up on the land for three years, they take off. They fail at robbing a stage, then get a job driving one which also ends in disaster. They get a job with a Wild West Show and last one hilarious hour....
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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...
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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...
6) Yukon Gold
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Prim and proper Becky Hurst leaves the frontier town of Seattle and travels alone to the Yukon to join her ne'er-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...
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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...
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Jim Mosby was just a tad under 17 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...
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