Head strong Thomas Dunson starts a Texas cattle ranch with the help of his route hand, Groot, along with his protégé an Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. Needing money following a Civil War, Matt and Dunson lead a cattle drive to Missouri, at which they are certain to get a price that is much far better than everywhere, nevertheless the crotchety older individual and his young partner start to butt heads onto the exhausting travel.