Alone on the range, cowboy Slim Jim Watkins meets a Pony Express rider returning a mail order bride and finds himself a pardner with whom he can share conversation.
Trail boss Otis Chancy was only nineteen when he fought against crooked sheriffs, deadly gunmen, and renegade Indians and in the end he was the boss of his own cattle outfit.
Grizz Brickbottom, toughest cowboy in the West, yearns for a companion and convinces his cattle-rustling cohorts that they need a dog to help with the work.
In this retelling of "The Frog Prince," a spunky cowgirl loses her new sombrero and is helped by a horned toad on the understanding that she will do three small favors for him.
When twelve-year-old Brian Winsor accompanies his stern father and two other seasoned cowboys on his first cattle drive, he learns a lot about life as well as herding cattle.