Death Valley #7

When Sgt. Bart Norton returns from visiting the Pawnee reservation with a report of peace, he discovers a murdered man and Pawnee braves at the scene—but refuses to arrest them without proof, defying Major Collier's orders and risking court-martial. Two weeks later, a brutal raid wipes out nearby homesteaders, and suspicion falls on the Pawnees, but Norton's observations suggest a darker conspiracy at work that General Andy Clayborne tasks him to uncover.

Bill Folers takes on the dangerous job of special investigator when the Claremore Stagecoach Company faces an impossible mystery: twenty-one coaches have vanished without a trace, along with their gold shipments. What he discovers on the rocky terrain outside town—hidden inside an abandoned mountain mine—reveals a scheme far more elaborate than simple highway robbery. With the odds stacked against him and danger lurking at every turn, Folers must outthink a clever gang to recover the missing gold and solve the West's most baffling riddle.

Old Smokey swaps tall tales about his musical past with a skeptical friend, spinning increasingly ridiculous yarns about concert conductors, former students, and his old band to prove he knows his way around a tune. This 1955 western-humor story is packed with groaners and wordplay as Old Smokey's wild stories get more absurd with each retelling, leading to a climactic punchline that'll make you shake your head and smile.