Lando Stone

Ranch hand, Lando Stone after buying a small place in Montana, is looking to breed top quality livestock.

He receives a reply to his letter to a former employer, asking about foundation stock. It states that although now retired, he’s heard that the new owner of his old place has some quality stock for sale

This is in a Wyoming town holding many memories for him, including ones of a girl who disappeared from his life and for whom he has spent at least a year searching.

Arriving there, he is able to acquire some of the stock he needs, but not all. He does receive the address of another breeder who might have what he requires.

There, he is surprised to find that, now married to the breeder, is the girl, now a woman, he once loved.

He also finds himself caught up in the beginnings of a violent range war.