Josie Minick, a feisty widow determined to make a better life for herself and her young son, decides to raise sheep in the middle of cattle country. Defying tradition, she challenges the resistance of enraged cattle ranchers. With all her courage, amidst fights, gunfire and an all-out riot, Josie organizes the ladies of Arapaho to come to her aid-even against their own cattle-owning husbands!