After the Civil War, bitter feelings persisted between Southerners and Northerners. Former Confederates from Texas drove their herds to Missouri to supply eastern cities with beef. Chad Morgan, a former Confederate officer, and his partners arrived at a Missouri rail-head, where they were offered a low price by corrupt buyer Brog and his partner.
The Big Land
In the tumultuous post-Civil War era, a resilient Kansas rancher faces treacherous weather and cunning traders while endeavoring to construct a railroad to the Rio Grande.