A lone woman packs her mule and leaves her Pennsylvania home with the bones of her toddler son sewn into her deerskin bag. She walks across the mountains into a world she has never known.
A teenage girl leaves Ohio with her widowed father and little brother on a western journey to fulfill their dreams.
Fate has other plans. Adventure and misfortunes throw these two diverse women together, and they must draw on their courage and friendship to survive as they cross miles of prairie.