Isaiah "Ike" Branson left Potosi, Missouri, at age seventeen to find his fortune in the West. Along with his meager possessions, he also brought the Ozarks' culture of honesty, loyalty, and courage with him. After he settled in the West, his brothers Jesse and Caleb followed his path. Ike and Jesse worked their way across the land as ranch hands, Indian scouts, and finally U.S. Marshals. Caleb lost his wife and newborn child, sold his farm,...