How Belle Starr met Mark Counter and the progress of their association is told in: Part One, ‘The Bounty On Belle Starr’s Scalp’, TROUBLED RANGE; RANGELAND HERCULES; THE BAD BUNCH; THE GENTLE GIANT; Part Two, The Floating Outfit Series, Mark Counter in ‘We Hang Horse Thieves High, J.T.’s HUNDREDTH; Part Four, Mark Counter in ‘A Lady Known As Belle’, THE HARD RIDERS and how it ended is recorded in: GUNS IN THE NIGHT. Belle also makes guest appearances in HELL IN THE PALO DURO, GO BACK TO HELL, THE QUEST FOR BOWIE’S BLADE and ‘Case One, ‘The Set-Up’, SAGEBRUSH SLEUTH. We have occasionally been asked why it is that the Belle Starr we describe is so different from the photographs which appear in various books. The researches of fictionist genealogist Philip José Farmer, q.v., have established that the ‘Belle Starr’ in our works is not the same person as another equally famous bearer of the same name. However, the Hardin, Fog and Blaze clan have asked that we and Mr. Farmer keep her true identity a secret and we intend to do so.