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In the Inland Northwest, westerns don't necessarily include cowboys, cavalry, Indian attacks, or cattle. Early industry in eastern Washington and northern Idaho was more likely to include farmers, miners and loggers. Well, shoot. It still does.

So in Black Crossing, I used murderers and timber jumpers for the criminal element, a former Pinkerton detective for the lawman, and a bereaved woman as the loose cannon. Don't know what a timber jumper is? Read Black Crossing and you'll find out.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Crossing-C-K-Crigger/dp/160272976X/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218827413&sr=1-18

Sorry for the long url. I couldn't figure out how to make it simpler.

In the vast pine forests of the Northwest, there were many tiny towns that sprang up and thrived--until the timber ran out. The towns died, or were burned out in one of the many forest fires that ravaged the region. The Great Fire of August, 1910, has repercussions to this day, both because of the 2,500,000 acres of timberland that burned, and because the White Pine didn't survive a combination of fire and blister rust.

But those stalwart people make for good stories.