The Lake County War

The Lake County War
Author: Keith R. Ostling
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2014-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1312445041

Between June, 1874 and October, 1881 the residents of what is now Chaffee County, Colorado endured a prolonged period of the most extreme violence ever to occur in Colorado. In 1874, the area was part of Lake County, thus the name ""The Lake County War."" During this bloody conflict it is said more than 100 men were murdered including a judge sitting in his courtroom. Vigilantes forced many families to leave their homes and property to avoid being murdered. This book, though fictionalized somewhat to make it more readable, tells the true story of what happened. It is the fifth in a five-novel series featuring Chancy Flint, a smart, tough, highly principled young cowboy who is chained lightening with a gun. He's not a gunfighter. He's the type of man gunfighters stay away from if they're smart.

Hidden History of Lake County, Ohio

Hidden History of Lake County, Ohio
Author: Jennifer Boresz Engelking
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467144584

Striking natural beauty draws many visitors to Lake County, but the area also has a rich and captivating history. Willoughbeach Amusement Park arose where one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history occurred years before. Secret passageways and tunnels helped slaves escape to freedom. Native son and Tuskegee Airman Earl R. Lane earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. Marge Hurlburt, a service pilot during World War II, set an international women's flight speed record, and Amy Kaukonen, one of the nation's first female mayors, personally raided suspected bootleggers during Prohibition. Author Jennifer Boresz Engelking uncovers the history behind some of Lake County's most well-known people and landmarks and reveals stories lost to time.

The Boys From Lake County

The Boys From Lake County
Author: James Keir Baughman
Publisher: Baughman Literary Group
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2006-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780979044359

"The Boys From Lake County" lists the 100 men who originally enlisted in Co A, 73rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It details their age at enlistment, their height, complexion, color of hair, color of eyes, where they were born, where they resided in Lake County, civilian occupation, and what happened to them during the Civil War.

The Rocking T Rustlers

The Rocking T Rustlers
Author: Keith R. Ostling
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2014-05-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1304901750

"The Rocking T Rustlers" is the third novel in a five-novel series featuring a character called Chancy Flint. Chancy is a young cowboy who's good with horses, cattle and guns. He figures out that someone is changing brands on Rocking T stock to the Circle Cross brand. He eventually figures out who's behind the rustling as well as a couple of murders. The local sheriff is on the rustler's payroll, so it falls to Chancy Flint to bring the rustler to justice. But the rustler is surrounded by hired gunmen. The odds are heavily against him, but he vows to do his best. He says he can do nothing more -- and he can do nothing less.

Chancy Flint: Cowboy

Chancy Flint: Cowboy
Author: Keith R. Ostling
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2014-09-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 131241720X

Chancy Flint: Cowboy is the second in a series of five novels following the life of a young man from age twelve into his thirties. Chancy becomes a cowboy who is good with horses, cattle, and guns. Honest, courageous, hard-working and loyal, Chancy is a man to ride the river with. Right after the Civil War Chancy and his partners ride into South Texas and round up and brand over 3,000 unbranded mavericks and 365 horses. They then drive the herd up the Shawnee Trail to the railhead at Sedalia, Missouri. Along the way, they must deal with violent weather, floods, stampedes, hostile Indians, and rustlers. Chancy faces life's challenges with courage and resourcefulness. Over the five novels we watch him grow up straight and strong, tempered by adversity, not defeated by it.

Lake Co, TN

Lake Co, TN
Author:
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1993-02
Genre: Lake County (Tenn.)
ISBN: 1563110997

Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps

Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1988-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780806120843

Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom

The St. Elmo Murders

The St. Elmo Murders
Author: Keith R. Ostling
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014-09-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1312466529

This is the third in a three-novel series featuring Dan and Etta Currie. A mysterious telegram from Matt Halliday, an old friend, led Dan Currie to travel to 1880s St. Elmo, a gold mining boom town high in the Colorado Rockies. When he arrived, his friend lay mortally wounded. Halliday died in Currie's arms. Currie vowed he would not leave St. Elmo until Halliday's murderer was captured. Dan's investigation led him to try to unravel the complex web of alliances and animosities that were the seamy underbelly of St. Elmo. With the help of a newspaper publisher and another old friend, Currie was slowly but surely sorting out the players. The murderer, apparently worried that Currie was getting too close, made several unsuccessful attempts on Currie's life. Would Currie figure it out before they killed him?