Lefty and his friend, Hide, had left Texas for the Sierra Nevada mountains in search of gold during the 1849 Gold Rush. Not only did they find a huge gold strike, which they sold for thirteen million dollars, but both had found the love of their lives and married.When Lefty learned Texas had a hundred thousand acres of land for sale, which encompassed the small ranch he'd grown up on, he and Hide decided to form a partnership, buy the Texas land,...