Traveling in a covered wagon with her husband and two step children "Evie Teale" (Katherine Ross) is determined to be the best wife and mother that she can be. However, when her husband fails to return from a long trip she is left all on her own with little resources to support her family. This changes one day when a stagecoach arrives out of nowhere and she agrees to essentially convert her home into a way station to feed the passengers and water the horses. Yet, even though she manages to make ends meet she finds it very lonesome out on the prairie all by herself. Fortunately, that changes one day when a cowboy named "Conagher" (Sam Elliott) passes through with a herd of horses and decides to check on her from time to time. But that doesn't change the fact that the territory is a harsh place to live and has dangers of its own that both Conager and Evie have to face either together or on their own. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a good, solid Western which captured this particular time-frame rather well. Likewise, the performances of both Katherine Ross and Sam Elliott were equally solid. That being said, I have rated this film accordingly. Slightly above average.
