From the banks of the San Pedro River to the steep slopes of the Rincon Mountains, the sprawling A-7 Ranch had for years lay in disrepair. The cattle had gone wild, the improvements dilapidated. but with the purchase by the Rourke family and their ranch manager, Clayton Towns, a new day dawned, but along with that, a set of circumstances that no one foresaw. Clayton Towns , a Vietnam vet must deal with the violence of others, before he can settle down at the A-7 Ranch.