Guns of the timberlands - Louis L'Amour

Clay Bell spent the last six years fighting Indians, rustlers, and the wilderness
itself to make the B-Bar ranch the prize of the Deep Creek Range. But Jud Devitt,
a ruthless speculator from the East, now threatens everything Clay has worked for.
Devitt, holding a contract with the Mexican Central to deliver railroad ties, wants
to harvest timber off the land where Clay grazes his cattle. Backing Devitt are shady
politicians, a dishonest banker, and fifty of the toughest lumberjacks in the county.
But as Colleen Riley, Devitt's fiance, realizes the brutal game he's playing, her
disapproval of his actions, and Clay Bell's obvious integrity and charm, pull her
toward a destiny that will tip the scales in their bloody battle over timber and
cattle.