In 1895, ten-year old Mary Haskins and her family move to the mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado. When her father loses the family savings to a dishonest man, Mary learns to pan for gold and saves the day.

Sam and Josie put some cows and calves into a corral before a snowstorm hits the area; when the storm turns into a blizzard, Sam and Josie rely on Sam's horse to find the barn.

"Determined to recover his family's mules, fifteen-year-old Owen is joined by his kid brother and Telluride's notorious marshal in pursuit of a rustler--all the way to Butch Cassidy's hideout"--

Have you been good? Santa is coming to town! Read about what happens to Santa when he comes to Colorado.

In 1882, ten-year-old Emma and her family, along with other Russian Jewish immigrants, arrive in Cotopaxi, Colorado, where they face inhospitable conditions as they attempt to start an agricultural colony, and lonely Emma is comforted by the horse whose life she saved.

Thirteen-year-old Kirstie gets into trouble when she tries to help a mistreated horse escape from a neighboring ranch.

In 1873, eleven-year old Daniel Blair is living in Golden, Colorado with his widowed mother. His father died in a suspicious accident and when Daniel meets a Pinkerton detective, he helps solve the mystery of his father's death.

Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.