Synopsis

With Micah absent, Dan Willard is serving as temporary marshal. A group of Texas cowhands have arrived in North Fork seeking respite, but Dan has been uncharacteristically severe with them. Lucas’s father confided that Dan’s behavior stems from a deep-seated need to prove his manhood, a consequence of his dismissal from West Point due to failing eyesight. The cowhands, weary of being treated with such harshness, have reached a breaking point when Marshal Dan issues an ordinance requiring all vis