Riders Of Deathwater Valley — James C. Work

Art Pendragon, owner of the Keystone Ranch, has called a special meeting of the ranchers to address the problem of rustling. The gang is operating out of the fortified Gorre Valley and it will require a small army to batter its way successfully into the valley. This reality makes everyone hesitant to take armed action. Then the rustlers daringly raid a picnic of women and children, kill a Keystone rider, wound another, and take Gwen Pendragon and the women and children hostage. War is immediately declared.

James C. Work was born in Colorado where his family has lived for three generations.