Jack Ingram had fought in the war of the states, and when the war was over, he was mustered out in Washington, and then by rail and stagecoach he set out for home in Texas. The trip had been a long and hard one, but it was over and there was quite a crowd waiting in Sackville when the driver reined up. His Dad was the one to collect him, and he had lots of news about life as a cattleman in the time since Jack left, and how there needed to be a new plan for the future of the men and their animals.