Guardian of the Gulch by Chuck Morris.
Muley Gentry has spent the last six months searching for information on the murder of his parents. His quest brings him to the Golden Nugget Saloon in Helena, Montana where he meets Kicks A Burks. Muley should know better than to make fun of a cowpoke’s name, but the resulting fistfight is the start to a close friendship between the two. Muley and Kicks quickly make enemies of the sheriff and his deputies. When they learn Sheriff Tidwell might be involved with the death of Muley’s parents, which they eventually connect to the Last Chance Gold Mine, Kicks travels to…