A claustrophobic boy dreams of going to college and becoming a newspaperman rather than a miner like his father, but when all union miners in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District are arrested, Mick develops new respect for his father while taking over responsibility for his family.
Frank and Joe investigate the disappearance of eight children from Misty Falls State Park in Idaho over the last twelve years after one of the missing children reappears with no memory of anything that happened previously.
After an escaped murderer sets his sights on Sheriff Bo Tully, the man that put him behind bars, Bo heads north to investigate the disappearance of two gold miners, in hopes of flushing out the escapee as well.
In 1959, ten-year-old Freedom Jane McKenzie wants to enter and win the marble competition at the Autumn Jubilee and win the title of Marble Queen, but first she must convince Mama that competing with boys is okay.