The high desert of the Owyhee Mountain region has a history rich in native conflicts, settlers braving its harsh deserts, miners searching for fortune in its rugged mountains and boomtowns springing up and then crashing down as the mines dried up. This book deals with Owyhee mountain trails. " Owyhee Trails is an incredible book researched for 20 years by an incredibly tenacious rancher, Mike Hanley." Jeri Cook, Cascade Cattleman (Jeri Cook Cascade Cattleman ) "Rancher and historian Mike Hanley (with the help of writer Ellis Lucia) has created in Owyhee Trails a refreshingly unpretentious and informative account of one of the little known areas of the West." Myron Newman, Times , Palo Alto, CA (Myron Newman Times ) --Myron Newman Mike Hanley and Ellis Lucia are prolific writers and historians both of whom have worked in and around the Owyhee region for much of their lives.