Hopalong Cassidy has received a message from the dead. Answering an urgent appeal for help from fellow cowpuncher Pete Melford, he rides in only to discover that his old friend has been murdered and the ranch Pete left to his niece, Cindy Blair, has vanished without a trace. Hopalong may have arrived too late to save Pete, but his sense of loyalty and honor demands that he find that cold-blooded killers and return to Cindy what is rightfully hers.
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Hopalong Cassidy finds his friend Rod Connors shot and left for dead by rustlers. Jack Bolt, a ruthless killer, has brought a rough band of hard cases to run his operation and to take care of Hopalong, the man who stands in his way.

"Former Bar-20 cowboy Johnny Nelson, the protégé of Hopalong Cassidy, goes roaming the West in search of adventure. When he comes to the aid of a rancher and his daughter near the town of Gunsight, he finds more than he expected"--

Relates the stories of how Buck Peters started the Bar-20 ranch. Tells how Buck picked up Hopalong Cassidy, Red Connors, Skinny Thompson, and many of the other colorful characters in this famous series.

There's always something happening with the Bar-20 gang. For instance, there's the matter of the ghost of San Miguel Canyon who everyone agrees is the ghost of Carlos Martinez who was murdered long ago. But why does he show himself only on Friday nights -- and only to a Mexican? Hopalong Cassidy suspects there's a devious and practical reason. Then there's the day Hopalong rides into Rawhide and learns about its self-appointed ruler who is thought...