A fictionalized biography of Laura Woods, a famous woman of Texas. In her 87 years she loved an Apache warrior who was a white boy kidnaped by Indians, she trained horses for her husband and she distinguished herself as a suffragette.

A powerful, moving story about two fearless women, of frienship, romance, courage and survival in the Old West. When Mexican forces threaten their homeland, Sarah Ashby McClure and her younger sister Euphemia, move their family and friends to safety. Resettling on the rugged West Texas lains, they soon become targets of Indian raids. They are determined to defend their homeland while their men fight in the Civil War.