The Plainsman

The Plainsman – The Bounty Hunter begins the story of Samuel Jackson. Sam was to wear many hats during his life: freight wagon driver, wagon train scout, Deputy Town Marshal, Deputy Sheriff, scout for the 9th and 6th Cavalry, and U.S. Marshal for the Western Division of Texas. Sam tracked and captured several killers, bandits, and other wanted individuals. All without having to kill any of them. Working out of Austin and San Angelo, Texas, he monitored wanted posters until he found someone within riding distance to attempt to capture.

The Plainsman – The Wagon Train Scout is the 2nd book in the Plainsman series. Sam Jackson was to wear many hats during his life: freight wagon driver, wagon train scout, Deputy town Marshal, Deputy Sheriff, scout for the 9th and 6th Cavalry, and U.S. Marshal for the Western Division of Texas. Sam responded to a newspaper ad asking for someone to scout for a wagon train bound for Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the Santa Fe Trail. Sam sent a telegram and surprisingly was hired sight unseen. He traveled from Texas to Independence, Missouri.

The Plainsman – The Cavalry Scout chronicles Sam Jackson’s time serving at a cavalry scout in New Mexico and Arizona. When he is transferred from Fort Union to Fort Apache, he meets a young woman named Nora Starr while on the stage coach. Sam and Nora develop a friendship which eventually turns into love for each other.

The Plainsman – The U.S. Marshal, chronicles Sam Jackson’s time serving as the U.S. Marshal for the western district of Texas. Sam and Nora move from Fort Apache to San Angelo, Texas. They find a home and get situated. Sam goes to investigate a complaint of a chicken thief. He follows the man only to discover that he has been captured by Apache. After putting the man out of his misery, Marshal Jackson goes after the Indians. Over the next couple of years, Sam tracks bank robbers, stagecoach bandits, and horse thieves. Along the way, a son, Cody, is born.

Jacob “Stumpy” Smith leaves the relative safety of a wagon train to stake a claim on the southeastern Colorado prairie—and nearly dies for the mistake. With game scarce and winter merciless, he freezes and starves until he and his horse collapse at the ranch of John Wesley Prowers. Prowers takes him in, gives him work, and outfits him with the supplies he needs to survive. Within a week, Prowers and his Indian housemaid are dead, the ranch safe emptied, and two newly hired hands gone.

The Plainsman–The Tracker chronicles Sam and his friend, Luke Red Feather, as they seek out bandits, killers, and child abductors. J. B. Johnson owned the largest cattle spread in Tom Green County, Texas. He had the world by the tail—money, prestige, and a family he cared for. Then five no-counts came to his ranch while he and his son were in Dallas, shot his foreman, and took his daughters. They demanded money in exchange for the girls. J. B. immediately thought of Marshal Sam Jackson, worked his political connections, and got him placed on leave to accompany him to recover his daughters.