Young widow Jean Waterman finds friendship, love, and hope for the future when she leaves Ohio in 1954 and heads to Idaho with her two children, looking to strike it rich in uranium mining, and to give her chronically ill son a chance at adventure.

Johnny Montana and partners have pulled nearly $50,000 in gold out of Redhawk Creek, now all they have to do is get it past Brett Cutter and his gang of cutthroats. Johnny has a plan, but he doesn't count on meetung up with another prospector in desperate need of his help, and he certainly doesn't count on one of his own partners selling him out.

Cam Sutton is ready to make his name prospecting for gold in the Black Hills. But his quest for riches is interrupted when he happens upon a stagecoach holdup and ends up rescuing Mary Bishop and her two young daughters. Before striking out on his own, Cam decides to help Mary search for her husband, who disappeared while mining. Turns out Mr. Bishop was murdered--but not before finding enough gold to make Mary a very wealthy woman. Unwilling to leave...