Modern-day story of a semi-retired older Colorado cowman. Monte, a widower, meets a young widow with two small children when she buys a ranch next to his. Monte is very independent, opinionated, and holds firm convictions. He takes on the problems of modern ranching, government bureaucrats, dogs, rodents, bankers and hunters. Even city folks will relate to his problems, and the way he handles them, directly, humorously, and winning all the way.

In 1882, ten-year-old Emma and her family, along with other Russian Jewish immigrants, arrive in Cotopaxi, Colorado, where they face inhospitable conditions as they attempt to start an agricultural colony, and lonely Emma is comforted by the horse whose life she saved.

A young man returns to Telluride, Colorado, in 1892, when his father dies in a mysterious mine explosion just after striking gold.

More than 25 of the greatest Science Fiction stories ever written-many in eBook form for the very first time. More than four hundred pages of top flight fiction selected by the editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com, including 'Ticking' by Allen M. Steele; 'All Cats are Gray' by Andre Norton; 'The Velvet Glove' by Harry Harrison; 'The Day of the Boomer Dukes' by Frederic Pohl; 'The Troubadour' by Peter Sherman; 'Riya's Foundling' by Algis...

Button Benton get appointed a depty sheriff. He is assigned to work with the only Mexcan deputy, Shorts Quintana. As he always has, Button is inclined to follow his inner instincts rather than what others think he should do. With Shorts backing him, they arrest some of the outside agitators, stop the Major from becoming the king of the hill he wants to be, and catch some cattle thieves who have eluded the sheriff for many years.

From the Anasazi cliff dwellings to tales of Buffalo Bill's bravado, and from an unsolved bank robbery in Denver to the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado Myths and Legends examines a fascinating array of puzzling events, unsolved mysteries, and tragic crimes in the often troubled (but always compelling!) history of the Centennial State.