Here are ten stories of love and courage on the high plains. Blood, dust, and bravery collide in these fast paced stories of love in the old west.Cattle and horse ranching began in the late 1700s and early 1800s, with the opening of the vast open grazing lands of the Western Territories. The prairies, huge grassy valleys, rolling hills, and mountains, mainly of Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, were ideal.Occasional range wars erupted, as the range hogs tried to pressure the smaller ranchers out. Also, cattle and horse rustling became a nemesis.Romance authors began sending stories to publishers, who published what were labeled as the "Dime Western"-a pulp magazine of rough, rowdy, and romantic Western range fiction. These magazines were published weekly or monthly, and sold on newsstands for ten or fifteen cents. Yearly subscriptions sold for as little as four dollars.