Cook Burr Cook 
Young Cowgirl and the Prospector, a Western [EPUB ebook] 

This is a romantic, action packed, western adventure novelette about a prospector who finds himself in charge of bringing up a girl child named Sandy. He raises her to be a typical cowgirl after he decides to abandon his search for a get rich quick scheme and takes a job on a cattle ranch. Together they have many adventures on the banks of the Snake River in Idaho.