It was 1816 and mighty hard for a sixteen years old man to reconcile himself to having no family. Pa was somewhere in the mountains trapping beaver and Ma had just died. As far as Lew Wilson knew there were no other relatives; nothing left for him to do but go west looking for Pa. If Lew had known what troubles and trials awaited him, maybe he'd just have stayed put, hitched up the oxen and started to plow.

Henry, a black runaway slave, the same age as Lew, longs for revenge against the devils who cut out his tongue, whipped him unmercifully and left him for dead. The two young men are launched into an extensive training program, designed to prepare them for dangers in the western wilderness, by a mysterious woman who demands nothing except complete dedication.

Over three years time they grow into strong competent fighters, equipped with skills far beyond average western adventurers.

When these two meet and become fast friends, the fur flies and they make their own adventures before riding into the west to find their destiny.

Katie Cinch, wife of Daryl Cinch is worried because Daryl didn't come home after a one-day hunting trip, in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona. Daryl, a modern day cowboy, rides his horse into rough country and throuch a time window that thrusts him back into the past, 20,000 years ago. The strange and vicious animals he meets there try their best to kill and eat him.

Lew and Meg Wilson establish Cornerstone Ranch while southeast Arizona is still part of Spain. At the foot of the Chiricahua Mountains, it is in the heart of Apache country. They got along fine with the Apache but they all walk warily around each other. Dokery, Charley, and Darlene Wilson offspring of Lew and Meg grow up in this rugged country, the sun turning them as dark as the Spanish people that work the ranch. Hard work, training and home schooling make them resourceful and independent. A trip back to St Lewis to aid business matters and a horse drive to California tests their metal. The beautiful women and one man they marry may turn out to be true helpmates.

It was 1816 and mighty hard for a sixteen years old man to reconcile himself to having no family. Pa was somewhere in the mountains trapping beaver and Ma had just died. As far as Lew Wilson knew there were no other relatives; nothing left for him to do but go west looking for Pa. If Lew had known what troubles and trials awaited him, maybe he'd just have stayed put, hitched up the oxen and started to plow.

Henry, a black runaway slave, the same age as Lew, longs for revenge against the devils who cut out his tongue, whipped him unmercifully and left him for dead. The two young men are launched into an extensive training program, designed to prepare them for dangers in the western wilderness, by a mysterious woman who demands nothing except complete dedication.

Over three years time they grow into strong competent fighters, equipped with skills far beyond average western adventurers.

When these two meet and become fast friends, the fur flies and they make their own adventures before riding into the west to find their destiny.