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Rock Beckler was twenty-four years old in May of 1871 when he arrived in the Bitter Root Valley of Montana. Everything he owned was on the back of the big red horse he rode and the little mule filly by his side. He had ridden through the Sapphire Mountains for the last two days, and he could see the Bitter Root Mountains in the distance. The St. Mary's River stretched below him as it curled its way between the two mountain ranges. The valley was long,...

"Lance, Rowdy-this here feller is one of the toughest lawyers out there, but he'd rather skin mules than talk law!" Levi Parker tracked the three mules stolen from his little spread up by Laramie until he lost their trail south and west of Cheyenne. He decided to ride into Cheyenne to do a little listening. Badger recognized the young lawyer and introduced him to the Rankins. During that visit, the Rankins and the Rocking R riders find that...