Trail Drive by Ralph Compton
The Trail Drive series is a series of western novels created by American author Ralph Compton and later written by other authors. Following the Civil War, all Texas had left were longhorn cattle. In order to get them to the railroad, they must travel across 300 miles of Indian land.

Ralph Compton began his Trail Drive series in 1992 with the novel The Goodnight Trail. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Ralph Compton’s Trail Drive books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Trail Drive Books

The Goodnight Trail(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Western Trail(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Chisholm Trail(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bandera Trail(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The California Trail(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shawnee Trail(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Virginia City Trail(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dodge City Trail(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oregon Trail(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Santa Fe Trail(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Old Spanish Trail(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Green River Trail(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Deadwood Trail(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dakota Trail(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Alamosa Trail(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bozeman Trail(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Abilene Trail(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trail To Fort Smith(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Palo Duro Trail(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ogallala Trail(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ellsworth Trail(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Tenderfoot Trail(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trail to Cottonwood Falls(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Amarillo Trail(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Omaha Trail(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Big Jake's Last Drive(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Kelly Trail(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Drive for Independence(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Trail(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Empire Trail(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Too-Late Trail(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Terror Trail(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saltwater Trail(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Dakota Trail, The Alamosa Trail and The Bozeman Trail were written by Robert Vaughn based on the work of Ralph Compton. The Abilene Trail, Trail to Fort Smith, The Ogallala Trail and Trail to Cottonwood Falls were written by Dusty Richards. The Palo Duro Trail, The Ellsworth Trail, The Amarillo Trail and The Omaha Trail were written by Jory Sherman. The Tenderfoot Trail were written by Joseph A. West.

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Trail Drive Synopsis: In The Goodnight Trail by Ralph Compton, Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot and Brazos Gifford are three former Texas Rangers who are riding with Charles Goodnight, who is rounding up thousands of cattle all the way to Colorado. From the Trinity River to Denver, Colorado, they must navigate flooded rivers, desert land and drunken Comanches. They will also have face-to-face meetings with Judge Roy Bean and gunslinger Clay Allison. They will either reach the finish line or die trying.

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