A work of historical fiction inspired by the life of Colorado Territorial lawman, Rankin Scott Kelly. In the 1850s Kelly traveled west on the Santa Fe trail and settled in what was then Kansas Territory, later to become Colorado Territory, this work gathers much from the actual wild west exploits of this lawman's extraordinary life and times.,Table of Contents: Lakeside, Houlton, Maine 1 2. Santa Fe Trail, Mountain Branch 7 3. Colorado City, Kansas Territory 27 4. Devlin vs. Laughlin Gunfight, Colorado City 51 5. El Paso County, Colorado Territory 67 6. Monument Creek, El Paso County 77 7. Woodman Valley, El Paso County 105 8. El Paso House Hotel, Colorado City 147 9. Eastern El Paso County, Colorado Territory 179 10. U.S. Mint, Denver City, Colorado Territory Local Author: John Wesley Anderson, MBA, is a published author, storyteller and TEDx speaker. He enjoyed a 30-year law enforcement career, retiring at the rank of sergeant after 22 years with the Colorado Springs Police Department, followed by 8 years serving as the elected sheriff for El Paso County, Colorado. After being term-limited as Sheriff, John retired from public safety and was employed in homeland and corporate security for ten years in the private sector. He retired from the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 2012 to launch a consulting business allowing him the freedom to pursue his love of history, writing and the arts. Although John has traveled around the world, including several adventures on a catamaran sailing the Caribbean, three corporate security assignments into a combat zone on the Horn of Africa and landing on an aircraft carrier at sea in the Pacific Ocean, he remains most fascinated by the rich history and art discovered in his own backyard in the American Southwest.