Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independence! | 1979 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 2 | Nebraska! | 1979 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 3 | Wyoming! | 1979 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 4 | Oregon! | 1980 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 5 | Texas! | 1980 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 6 | California! | 1981 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 7 | Colorado! | 1981 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 8 | Nevada! | 1982 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 9 | Washington! | 1982 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 10 | Montana! | 1983 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 11 | Dakota! | 1983 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 12 | Utah! | 1983 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 13 | Idaho! | 1984 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 14 | Missouri! | 1984 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 15 | Mississippi! | 1985 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 16 | Louisiana! | 1985 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 17 | Tennessee! | 1986 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 18 | Illinois! | 1986 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 19 | Wisconsin! | 1987 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 20 | Kentucky! | 1987 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 21 | Arizona! | 1988 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 22 | New Mexico! | 1988 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 23 | Oklahoma! | 1989 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 24 | Celebration! | 1989 | Wagons West | Buy |
| 25 | Texas Freedom! | 2012 | Wagons West | Buy |
Wagons West follows the Holt and Blake families as they join wagon trains heading west across the United States in the 1830s and beyond. Independence! (1979) starts the journey as the families leave their homes and join a wagon train bound for the frontier. Each book picks up roughly where the last left off, moving the characters through a new state or territory.
The series ran for 24 books from 1979 to 1989, covering the route from Missouri to the Pacific coast and then looping through the southern and midwestern states. A 25th book, Texas Freedom! (2012), was published more than two decades after the original run ended. The books were published under the name Dana Fuller Ross, a pen name used by book packager Lyle Kenyon Engel’s stable of ghostwriters.