Walker A. Tompkins (1909-1988) was a journalist, radio host, respected historian, prolific western novelist, and a screenwriter who was honored by the California State Legislature for his work chronicling regional history in the Santa Barbara area.
Del Troy is a cowman with no cows who has come a long, hard way from Texas to Flaming Canyon, the choicest range in Washington. But he dreams of his own ranch, and every long haul he makes with his Conestoga wagons, brings him closer to achieving it. And just when it seems like it might come true, Bix Herrod, a greedy cattleman backed by ruthless gunmen, wants to take it all from him