February 6, 1884 Nebraska Sandhills "Sam is the dynamite and Nate is the fuse. Those two cowboys work together like a couple of old spinster sisters." When Sam Rankin and Nate Hawkins left their homes in the Wyoming Territory in 1880, they had no idea that short trail drive would result in them being gone four long years with no return date. The two young men had met in 1879, and their friendship grew...