The Cowboy from Illinois - Paperbackby Ross Phifer (Author) A cowboy from an unexpected place is on a mission traveling through the Kansas Territory during its formative period, four years before the Civil War. 'Bloody Kansas' was transitioning from the Wild West to a territory; however, the laws were not yet set in place, and the Pro Slavery government was leading the predominately Anti Slavery public. The cowboy encounters political turmoil and the remains of the yet untamed