Returning to his home town in Montana, Powder Burns was amazed to learn that the name of the old mining town had been changed from Horse's Neck to Rainbow, and that red-haired Judith Campbell, now the largest rancher in the county, had taken over.
Judith failed to recognize Powder at their first meeting, but learning who he was only one of the surprises in store for Queen Judith; for Powder owned mineral rights in most of the town, and Judith's plans to tear down the old shanties and replace them with modern brick buildings were to receive a setback ...
But only a temporary one, for Judith's chief adviser, the dignified Theophilus Gregory, was in the saddle, and strongly behind headstrong Judith in her determination to make over the town and its people - whether they wanted to be made over or not.
Even the arrival of Powder's gold-dredging equipment failed to stop Judith in her frantic rebuilding ... but Powder had spoken well when he warned that brick buildings were not for Horse's Neck and Rainbow, as well as the old town, was to face destruction before tempestuous Judith finally came to her senses ...