In 1844, the brave pioneers who forged the Oregon Trail are called upon to lead a new wagon trail into Texas and, along the way, must deal with outlaws, native tribes, the Mexican Army and a man who holds the fate of Texas in his hands.

"For Smoke and Sally Jensen, the Sugarloaf Ranch near the Colorado-Kansas border is the perfect place to stake their claim, raise some cattle, and start a new family. When a man claiming to be an army colonel arrives in Big Rock with a well-armed militia, the dream becomes a living nightmare. Colonel Lamar Talbot claims there's a war looming with the Cheyenne Indians. And only he can save them from a bloody massacre-- by launching a bloody counterattack....

Laura Ingalls and her pioneer family encounter a variety of animals traveling through and living on the American frontier at the turn of the century.

To protect a family he never knew he had, legendary trapper Preacher and his Absaroka son, Hawk That Soars, must stop vicious war chief Tall Bull and his Blackfoot warriors from wiping out the Absaroka.

An epic Western tells the story of many different Americans attempting to find their place among the Plains, including a group of European settlers who have finally reached Cherry Creek and must make some life-altering decisions.

In this version of the classic tale, two children wander from the wagon train taking them west and find a log cabin made of candy, inhabited by a witch.

Laura and her sisters share some good and bad times when they attend different schools near their various prairie homes.

In 1854 South Texas, Regis Royle, while trying to turn eighteen-thousand acres of raw prairie land into the greatest cattle ranch in the world, must fight for his dream when the powerful Valdez family claims rights to his land and will kill to get their hands on it.

Land, love, gold, tradition and the burden of family responsibility shape these characters of divergent origin as they love and struggle in the beautifully vibrant but unforgiving landscape of the West. The personal conflicts inherent to these characters of uncommon cultures and competing ambitions are exacerbated by a nation in transition, the precipice of Civil War, and both deep bonds and lethal enmities with native Americans.

As one of the many fortune seekers during the California Gold Rush in the 1850's, the reader makes plot choices based on situations real people faced during this exciting time in history.