Charles McQuary

The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble with his pro-Cleveland ideas, as Dakota residents are overwhelmingly Republican, and hope to get the territory admitted as two states (North and South Dakota) rather than one in order to send four Republican senators to Washington. Cleveland opposed this plan, refusing to refer to Congress the plan to organize the Dakotas this way. When Cleveland wins the popular vote, but Harrison the presidency due to the electoral college votes, the Dakotans (particularly the feuding young couple) resolve to live together in peace, and Cleveland grants statehood to the two Dakotas before he leaves office (along with two Democrat-voting states, evening the gains for both parties).

カリフォルニアの鉱山で掘り出された金を町の銀行へ預けるため、搬送人として元保安官のスティーヴが雇われた。責任重大な任務を受けたスティーヴは、旧知の仲のギルとその若い相棒ヘックを助手に抜擢すると鉱山へ出発。道中立ち寄った家で会った若い娘エルザも、恋人のビリーが鉱山で働いていることから三人と同行することになった。だが一行が鉱山に着いた時、ヘックがエルザをめぐってビリーたちハモンド兄弟と対立してしまい、抗争の火種を作ることに。一方、ギルとヘックは元々計画していた金の強奪に及ぶもスティーヴに見つかり失敗してしまう。そんな中、一行はハモンド兄弟の襲撃に遭う。

Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.