The Carr family wanted to control the moonshine trade in the Pennsylvania hills. They came into rock Holler shooting two Lee children, beating one to death and battered the family badly. The Lees' moved west to avoid the Garrs' tyranny. Outlaws fire at their wagons and Arnold fights, is wounded and left behind by his family. He takes all the outlaws' booty and tries to catch up. It snows covering his family's tracks. Arnold Lee searches for three weeks without a lead then moves on into Indian country alone. In Kansas Arnold struggles with loneliness until he meets a mother and daughter who come to live with him. While building a ranch he is troubled by memories and starts off on a futile three year quest to find his family, who had left him for dead. In Boston, Gaylynn Nash the woman he loves writes him off. His family is lost and troubles keep piling up. His ranch and his faith are all that keeps Arnold Lee going. Lakin is an action packed trip you'll not want to miss so ride along with Arnold.