WJ American Hero

'WJ American Hero' is the final book in the Mountain family trilogy. This action packed fictional story begins in 1864 as the family moves to their new homestead in Blue Earth County, in southern Minnesota. After the Dakota War of 1862, the largest Indian war in American history, the entire Indian population of Minnesota was forced to leave their lands throughout the state. Once the Indian population was exiled from the state, the Federal Government auctioned the land to the settlers. The Mountain family placed bids at the auction and purchased several parcels of Winnebago Indian land in southern Minnesota.

As the family was attempting to get settled in Blue Earth County, three of its members made the decision to leave the family's homestead and head West to the new frontier of Wyoming. The travelers soon found out the reason it was called the Wild West. The territory of Wyoming was made up mostly of lawless desperado's, gunslingers, gamblers and drunks. Violence and mayhem was a way of life in the tent cities of Wyoming. The most popular areas of those cities were the saloons and the graveyards.

In addition to the white criminal element, conflicts between the whites and the Indian population increased. As the white settlers continued their trek westward, they began to infringe more and more on the Indians' hunting grounds. This began another Indian war. Since the US Army had all of its experienced military men in the battlefields of the south, the West was the most lawless part of the country.

The travelers from Minnesota soon realized that they would be facing an increasing amount of danger everyday. They could have never been prepared for what was in store for them in the Wild West. This is their story.