In 1870, Mary Ellen Rowe, a 28 year old school teacher, moves from Indiana to Folsom, California, to teach in a new school. Ben Hancock, her friend from Indiana who had told her about the teaching position, has disappeared. She starts asking questions about his disappearance. Samuel Russo, a ranch owner who is Ben's boss, assists Mary Ellen in finding Lillie Baines, a mail order bride Ben had befriended.Lillie has details of Ben's last day in Folsom...