She hadn’t slept a wink, having to share the bed with his mother and being so aware of Arch sleeping on the floor beyond the curtain. If she didn’t get away soon, she’d lose the last shred of common sense and marry the scoundrel—and regret it for the rest of her life. She set off down to the cree...
After the government opened up former Indian land, one of the railroads finagled a deal to purchase the entire tract. Settlers who had moved onto the land and filed claims under “preemption” were forced to broker deals with the new owner. By 1869, riots broke out in protest of railroad land polic...