Tag Archives: Jenny McNabb

Winter Club Fair & Book Signing

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

On Saturday, December 2, 2017, during the annual Winter Club Fair at Sun City Anthem, Henderson, NV, I autographed copies of The Iron Horse Chronicles for folks shopping for nice Christmas gifts. Just a reminder that on Saturday, December 9, 2017, from … Continue reading →

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Robert Lee Murphy Website Restored

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

If you visited my website over the past few days, you probably noticed that it was discombobulated. An update provided by one of the plugins I use to produce the website did not take properly and caused several features to disappear. It … Continue reading →

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Golden Spike Available for Pre-Order

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

Golden Spike, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Three, is now available for pre-order from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can select the tabs in the right-hand sidebar of this website to go to the respective Robert Lee Murphy page and select Golden … Continue reading →

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Golden Spike Cover

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

The front cover for Golden Spike, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Three, is ready. Five Star Publishing is pressing ahead with final editing and production scheduling with a planned release date for the last book in my trilogy now set for July … Continue reading →

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Will Braddock, Fort Bridger, and Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

Will Braddock spent his first Christmas in the far west in 1867 at Fort Bridger, which at that time was still Dakota Territory. I reveal in Chapter 1 of Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, that Will had wintered-over at the fort with … Continue reading →

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Fort Sanders, Wyoming

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

Fort Sanders, Wyoming, near where the present city of Laramie arose, is the location for significant incidents in the first two books of The Iron Horse Chronicles. Unfortunately, not much remains of this installation. U.S. Highway 287 runs through the old … Continue reading →

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Dale Creek Bridge, Wyoming

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

[media-credit name=”A. J. Russell” align=”aligncenter” width=”485″][/media-credit] The Dale Creek Bridge in southeastern Wyoming figures in the first two books of The Iron Horse Chronicles. The Union Pacific Railroad completed the timber trestle in the spring of 1868. The bridge was the highest … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July 1867 in Cheyenne

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

Will Braddock, in Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book One, experienced the Fourth of July in 1867 at the founding of the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Some historians hold the position that General Grenville M. Dodge, Chief Engineer for the … Continue reading →

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Fetterman Massacre

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

The Fetterman Massacre figures only peripherally in The Iron Horse Chronicles. In Eagle Talons, Jenny McNabb and her family are forced to follow the Overland Trail on their journey westward in 1867 rather than use the Oregon Trail. Because of the Fetterman … Continue reading →

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Virginia Dale Station, Colorado

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

In Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book One, Jenny McNabb buries her mother behind the Virginia Dale stagecoach station in northern Colorado. Virginia Dale served as one of the “home stations” on the Overland Trail. When Jenny passed through in 1867, the … Continue reading →

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