A Surveyor: Men braving the wilderness (Tales From Wyoming #7)

In the spring of 1885, Morgan Sandburg takes his new bride to Cheyenne and his parent’s home. Abigail is concerned about the reason why the newlyweds are leaving Atlantic City in the Wind River Mountains so hastily.

In Cheyenne, Abigail learns about her father-in-law’s past work as a surveyor for the Union Pacific Railroad. She learns about the tribulations encountered as the railroad construction marched over the Laramie Mountains.

In 1866, as the Civil War ended, James Evans was selected by the Union Pacific to survey a route around the Laramie Mountains. The work of the surveyors was exceeding difficulty. The region was uninhabited, it was at a high elevation, and much of the Wyoming Basin was desert. The exploration parties suffered from winter storms, lack of good water, and the terrible alkali dusts of the plains. The work had to be done under the constant protection of the U. S. Army, as the Indian menace grew worse the further west the line went. James wondered how many lives the search for the mountain pass would cost. He wondered if he would survive.

The Tales of Wyoming are a collection of interconnected short stories of the Old West. Each story is a standalone adventure. A Surveyor builds upon the characters and relationships created in the other stories.