Historical Stories

Fourteen-year-old Jamie serves at table in Murphy’s Roadhouse outside Harper’s Ferry downstairs and services men upstairs. It’s not until Abe, a former circus acrobat, goes upstairs with him that Jamie learns the full pleasure of what can be done with a man.

This is the first of 2 stories about young men who become farmers. the 1st is a soldier then a roustabout finally a farmer.

A Sacramento Marshal Story
This is the story of Jasper Samuelson's last wagon train from Independence, MO, headed for Sacramento, CA. It relates 6 months of almost nothing but trouble from outlaws, Indians, and the weather. Not everybody finishes the trip!

Sterling City, 1872. Caleb Walker has spent his whole life working hard and getting nowhere. He hauls oranges through the snow, dodges the marshal's inspectors, and comes home each night to a tiny rented room, a loyal wife who deserves better, and a daughter who has stopped asking for toys. Then one rainy night, golden script appears before his eyes. The Golden Ledger gives him one roll of the dice each day, and whatever he earns can come back doubled, or even ten times over...

A Thank You Note Story
This is another of my "Thank You" notes

Clint Roberts was looking for something. He was tired of fighting and tired of this damn war. He wanted to get away and disappear someplace. When he came across a small town he stopped for a drink and a bath. It would turn out to be just what he'd been searching for!

An encounter with a highwayman doesn't go quite the way you might expect. Of course.

Marooned in wartime, you can't teach your students English 24 hours per day. You can't even be the teacher for that long. Oh my!