This story has it all, mystery, action, a love story; all in a historically correct era of the old West. Will Roberts left his home in Kentucky and headed west to find his fortune. For ten years he has drifted from job to job with nothing to show for it but his horse and saddle. One day he drifts into the little town of El Dorado where at the local saloon he is drawn into a gunfight and saves the life of a grubby, foul smelling miner. The grateful miner who's name is Salty offers to reward Will with half interest in his gold mine. The same day Will meets and falls in love with Victoria, the...

Twelve year old Alf Smith trembled with excitement when the four cowboys rode past him as he walked home from school. This was Illinois farming country and he had never seen a real cowboy. The big Mexican saddles, the tall boots with the jingling spurs and the pistols strapped on their sides, they were just like the Texas cowboys he had read about in books and newspapers. Alf hurried home to tell his parents but his excitement soon turned to horror when he arrived to find the farmhouse engulfed in flames. Later, when the fire had burned itself out, neighbors found his parent's ashes in the...

Alf Smith's adventures in El Diablo's Gold begins when he leaves the high plains of Texas and sets out to see the mountains of New Mexico. Along the way Alf runs into more historical people, both good and bad but he also meets a beautiful girl. The girl and her family are traveling along the El Camino Real back to their home in Mexico. Her father offers Alf a job guarding their coach. Alf takes the job because he is falling in love with the girl but this will be the most dangerous and painful journey he has ever taken. Alf's adventures takes him through a multitude of joys and frustrations...