The Girl from Montana

Elizabeth was all alone. Her last brother had been shot and killed in a drunken fight, though she herself suspected it was murder, and all that stood between her and the violent young men her brother had counted as friends, were her wits and the fact that they had just buried him. She must get away. So Elizabeth packed what was necessary, food and her mother's precious papers, slung her brothers pistols about her hips, took her brother's horse, and slipped away that night, stopping only to whisper a prayer over her dead brother's grave. Thus an incredible journey begins. Fifteen year old…