I've been going back thru the non-Sackett novels. Most recently "Hanging Woman Creek", "Down the Long Hills", "Conagher" and "The Empty Land". HWC has some of what I consider some of LL's best dialogue and narrative from Pronto. Reading DTLH, it occurred to me how few children show up in the Sackett tales. We see the children of Barnabas as no more than toddlers and then they are full grown. After that I can't think of any of the Sacketts having children. Borden Chantry has a son named Tom who is an adolescent or early teen. And, then he shows up as an adult in "North to the Rails". "Conagher" could almost be a romantic novel except it's not. TEL has some of those interesting real life characters showing up in little cameos. In particular the ladies of ill repute. :D
