On a cattle drive in the desert on the night before Cowboy Ned's birthday, his horse Andy goes in search of a birthday cake, which he thinks will make Ned's birthday complete.
Explores the myths and legends about cowboys, along with cowboy gear and clothes, cattle drives, and famous cowboys including Bill Pickett, cowgirl Annie Oakley, and film star John Wayne.
In 1897, while working as a train porter, Nat "Deadeye Dick" Love tells a young boy and his aunt how he was born a slave, after Emancipation became a cowboy renowned for his riding and shooting, and wound up a Pullman porter.