Thomas Dunson establishes a successful cattle ranch in Texas with the assistance of his loyal trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan whom Dunson took under his wing when he was a child. Dunson and Matt are forced to lead a cattle drive to Missouri in order to make money following the Civil War. They believe that they will get a better price there than they would have gotten locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads during the exhausting journey.
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Thomas Dunson establishes a successful cattle ranch in Texas with the assistance of his loyal trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan whom Dunson took under his wing when he was a child. Dunson and Matt are forced to lead a cattle drive to Missouri in order to make money following the Civil War. They believe that they will get a better price there than they would have gotten locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads during the exhausting journey.
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