J E Terrall

Conflict in Elkhorn Valley J E Terrall

Conflict in Elkhorn Valley is the story of one man's fight to keep the ranch he had worked hard to build in Elkhorn Valley in Montana. Sam Willard had spent years building up his ranch only to have a couple of his neighbors try to take it away from him. A long drought had been plaguing the entire valley and was causing the ranchers to become angry with their neighbors simply because one rancher had more water than another. Some of the ranchers were even blaming other ranchers for their problems. Sam Willard, with the largest ranch in the valley, took the brunt of their anger. Sam was accused of hoarding water by damming up the river and creeks that ran through his property. Things escalated when Sam was shot at on his front porch, and one of his ranch hands was murdered. Someone wanted his ranch and had every intention of getting it. Thing were about to explode into a full blown range war. Knowing that no one wins a range war, Sam had to do something to stop it.