The Painted Hills
The Circuit Rider Series, Part One
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The early spring morning was a cool one; bits of frost formed on the sage brush, and the men and horses' breath vapors strung from their mouths like small shrouds of fog. "These Painted Hills, you have to see them in the morning to appreciate His handiwork best, J.L.,"said the old man.
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Set in the Old West, in the Oregon Trail town of The Dalles, The Painted Hills is a story of a man in need of redemption.
John Luke Mark Matt hews, called J.L., is a hard-drinking cowboy who loses his family due to his own carelessness. J.L. is saved from death by a circuit-rider preacher, beginning his long journey of redemption and a calling to also become a traveling circuit rider.
This first volume in the Circuit Rider Series takes place in the 1870s in the Painted Hills of Oregon. Next up in the series is Hell’s Canyon, America’s deepest gorge.
Each scenic adventure takes place in Western sites steeped in history and myth, places you can travel to today. So saddle up and come along for these adventures.
About the Author
Dennis Ellingson has served as a pastor and a counselor. He is the author of “God’s Healing Herbs”, “God’s Wild Herbs” and, along with his wife, Kit, “The Godly Grandparent”. Dennis is a born and raised Oregonian who loves to explore God’s creation in the Oregon land, East of the Cascades. He and Kit reside in beautiful scenic Southern Oregon.