Glynn Rogers grew up in Houston, and at 17 joined the USMC. After his service in WWII, he enrolled in the University of Houston, choosing to study engineering.
Huntsville, Texas, 1874: Jacob Magruder, a former Texas Ranger, receives a pardon from his prison sentence. Soon he meets a beautiful widow whose husband has just been robbed and killed by highwaymen. Magruder vows to catch the killers and recover the lady's money. And this adventure leads to romance.