The Mysterious Valley

by Luther Butler

Bold and mysterious, the Montana cowboy, Douglas McGarret, drove into the Paluxy River Valley without knowing the dangers facing him. Caught up in a vicious web, he cast aside all previous training to become a part of the Texas hill people. Was his love for Nelda Jean McCoy great enough to cause him to kill a traitorous Texas Ranger? Hidden deep within their minds, the people of Glen Rose, Texas still talk about who killed one of their own who turned traitor. Read Mysterious Valley to determine if it was the Montana Man who pulled the shotgun trigger. This book catches the clear waters of the Paluxy River at their best. Taste the limestone water and learn about the secret trade that made Glen Rose the target of Ma Ferguson and the Texas Rangers!

196 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

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Luther Butler lives in Stephenville, Texas. He has been married to Jo Branton Butler for fifty years. They have one son. While in the Navy for two years he contacted polio and was sent to Bethesda Naval Hospital where he was used for a LSD experiment. Discharged honorably from service after almost three years he earned a BD degree to go with his BA from Eastern New Mexico and then an MA in English from Tarleton State University. In 1985 after being seriously hurt he retired from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Barely able to walk and with his vision severely damaged he began to write. His first novel, Preacher, was reviewed by Library Journal for having twenty-one novels published. Texas Christian University used the Preacher in a novels course as did several colleges in St Louis, Missouri. He has been listed in Who's Who for several years. His love for writing continues.
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Poetry by Luther Butler
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Growing up on a sheep ranch in Colorado
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Trip to Mexico down Baja
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Reviews

[Luther Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my projects in a Folklore class at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas was to gather stories from the good people living in and around Glen Rose, Texas. These stories were from people who had been involved in moon-shining during prohibition - Glen Rose and Hazard, Kentucky tied for being the moon-shining capitol of the world. Mysterious Vally is the story that came out of my project. A romance, murder, illicit whiskey making saga, let tales of law breakers and the Texas Rangers cause chills to go up and down your spine. Believe it or not while I was gathering my tales some people from Glen Rose offered to tell me who shot the Texas Ranger and to show me a hidden still. I said "no thanks" because I didn't want to get involved in the secrets of the beautiful Paluxy River Valley.