La Plata County Series, Book Three: Indians & Soldiers and Ranchers & Rustlers

by Luther Butler

From Dublin, Ireland to Barbados, to Virginia, to Georgia, to Mississippi, James Wilkerson's lineage marches westward. Son Wilkerson continues to trace the roots of the people who settle La Plata County, Colorado. Two exciting novels make up La Plata County Series III. INDIANS AND SOLDIERS portrays the Cavalry's role in clearing La Plata County of the Ute Indians. RANCHERS AND RUSTLERS brings two retired Indian fighters into the County and into D.H. and Melinda Wilkerson's life. Privation follows the early settlers, but the beauty of the mountains compensates them.

452 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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Reviews

[Luther Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

La Plata County Series turns to settlers who got there before Mississippi Woman's son, D.H. The U.S. Cavalry fights a fierce battle to rid the county of Indians who were the rightful owners of the land. A tragic death occurs when a soldier from Kentucky dies and leaves his new wife and son for Wallis Yonger, an Indian fighter to take for his own. The former Indian fighters make a cattle ranch in Alkali Canyon. Chief Douglas, the displaced Ute chief, takes his final revenge. The Wilkerson family homesteads land just east of Alkali and conflicts with the ranchers in Alkali who have been devastated by rustlers.