The Dayes of Wyoming

"The Dayes of Wyoming" is an anthology of seven historic novellas featuring horse trainer, Bertha and mountain man, Charlie Daye. The stories take place during the late 1800s to early 1900s in northern Wyoming, from Johnson County, east of the Bighorns, to Yellowstone, west of the Continental Divide.

This was an exciting time of change in Wyoming: Wyoming Territory was admitted into the Union; the end of the trappers' rendezvous precipitated a decline in the fur trade and mountain men; Wyoming's Civil War took place east of the Bighorns in Johnson County; with Yellowstone recently declared a national park, Cody became a thriving community as its eastern entrance; and work began on the Shoshone Dam, later known as the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir. Hundreds of thousands of bison no longer dotted the Wyoming landscape and their disappearance was soon followed by the extinction of wolves and severely diminished herds of wild mustangs.

Bertha and Charlie Daye experienced it all, and more . . . from guiding eastern guests into remote mountain paradise, rounding up wild horses, and riding in thrilling overland horse races, to adopting children traveling west on one of the famous Orphan Trains.



Harper's New Monthly Magazine, August 1873, praised the "placing-out system" of the Children's Aid Society in New York as "an ingenious effort for the benefit of the destitute children of the city."

 

 

"The Dayes of Wyoming" is author Patricia Gott's most recent book, released in April, 2010. With engaging characters, a setting sure to please all western adventure lovers, and great stories, this is a read you won't want to miss!

From her home outside a small town in Maine, Patricia seeks out life experiences that have taken her to four continents and forty-seven states. She was a ranch wrangler and trail guide for four summers in Wyoming, thus her obvious familiarity and love of Wyoming, which is the setting of her western stories. She started riding at the age of eight and has owned, raised, and trained horses ever since, accounting for her knowledge and experience with horses as detailed in her cowgirl books and children's horse stories.

 

Ms. Gott is a retired businesswoman and professional photographer as well as an author of eight books. Enjoy reading about her books and looking at some of her great photography on this website!

 

"Eastward Bound" , released in July, 2010, is a slice of history by author Patricia Gott. Eastward Bound It's a true story of a large family's move from the midwest to Maine; it's also a glimpse of everyday, extraordinary life in the 1920's.

 

In August 1928, Annie and Henry Kenoyer decided it was in the best interest of their family to move to Maine from their home in Iowa with their ten children, ages one to seventeen. They were a migrant family, having already moved twenty-six times throughout South Dakota and Iowa, but this 1400-mile trip, in two 1920s vehicles, would prove a challenge to them all . . . not the least of their concerns were food (or lack of it) and places to camp for the night, out in the open, vulnerable to all weather conditions.

 

This is a true story told from the perspective of eight-year-old Ruth Elizabeth Kenoyer, the seventh of the ten Kenoyer children.