title: Sam Loves the Ranch
author: Kamradt, Lou
description: Over 150 people and children in a wagon train with sick children, pregnant women, and an injured man camp outside of Plainville. Sam and Ted, owners of the largest ranch in the state, have ideas for a Dude Ranch. They need more employees including cooks for their kitchen. Sam's miracle arrives with the folks on the wagon train. When they hear someone coming down their lane, they know there is something happening in town. Folks call upon Sam in their needs for help, both good and bad. There are marriages, births, deaths, and life happenings. Sam is in the middle of it all. Sam is an amazing lady full of vim, vigor, and vitality.