The story of America from 1720 through 1859 through the lives of Jim and Missy Cobb's ancestors and associated families. They come to America for reasons of religious freedom, economic opportunity, and escape from troubles. They find a raw, untamed land where survival depends on hard work and a long rifle. They fight in all of America's wars - French & Indian, Revolutionary, 1812, Creek, Mexican-American, and Bleeding Kansas - as America expands...