Two brothers living during the Reconstruction Era in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains yearn for something different than working on their father's farm. Striking out on their own with very little money in their pockets, searching for jobs where they can put their skills to use. Once they finally arrive in Omaha they end up washing dishes for free food and continue to search for jobs. Thad Olson enters their lives with an offer of a dollar-a-day, horse with saddle, and to be treated fairly at his Flaming Creek ranch in the shadow of the Teton Mountains in Southwestern Wyoming. Once they establish themselves at Flaming Creek, their dreams begin to come true. The work is hard, the dangers are real, and the demands on their new lives are unforgiving; even so, the brothers know that they are truly at home as they build a new Cooper family legacy in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. But when things take a turn at the ranch and Thad presents them with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the brothers must now risk everything to see their dreams realized against the spectacular backdrop of the frontier.