In the first year of Wyoming's statehood, fresh battle lines are drawn pitting cattle barons against the newly arrived homesteaders. The three Hammett brothers are divided on the issue and must work out their differences in the midst of war.

A restless wanderer is bound by a promise to watch after the widow of a dying friend. His vow leads him to a small town terrorized by a saloon owner and his hired gunman.

Set in the mythical town of Medicine Bow, Wyoming in the 1890's, the show chronicled the lives and relationships of the people who came West and settled in the wild land.