A Stranger In Town

Wyoming Territory, Late summer 1888The stagecoach from Walden, Colorado to Laramie, in the Wyoming Territory is attacked by robbers. Deputy Sheriff Gabe McCarthy postpones his plans to leave town and comes to the rescue of the stranded travelers and the wounded driver.Chasing after the robbers and recovering the stolen valuables gets Gabe in trouble. Instead of thanks, he is accused of stealing most of the silver coins a banker from Denver was carrying in a trunk.A drifter all his life, an orphan boy nobody wanted, raised by a gambler, Gabe McCarthy is a stranger in every town, a man with no friends, feared by some and not welcome by others. Is he going to be alone all his life, wandering from place to place? Will he ever find a place to call home, with people who cared and a special woman to wait for him?Historical Note - The original Courthouse in Laramie was built in 1872. It was a majestic building in the Italianate style, made of brick, with eaves supported by corbels and tall narrow, arched windows. The same stone arch was embellishing the main door. The building was demolished in 1933 when the existing Courthouse was constructed.Melville Cox Brown was a real historical character, who moved to Laramie in 1868 practically when the town was founded, and with the exception of few years when he was appointed federal judge in Alaska, he worked as an attorney-at-law in Laramie till 1928 when he died at the age of 89. He was a legendary figure in the local history with a long legal career during which he defended any person who needed his legal help, without making a difference if they were wealthy cattle ranchers, murderers or robbers, or saloon girls. He defended them with the same energy and enthusiasm, remaining faithful to his ideas about the legal profession and any person's right to legal representation.His office was on Thornburgh Street, renamed in 1928 Ivinson Avenue in honor of the local banker and businessman Edward Ivinson.


Genre: Western