In the early days of settling the west, girls didn't always have it so good. It wasn't unusual for a father to sell his daughters, hoping to give them a better life, but that was not the way it ended up many times. Lou Cavanaugh was described by her husband as a sturdy woman with a good work ethic, as he mostly watched her work. She learned early on that her rewards would be few, and she accepted the bad times as her fault and her shame. When her husband died of an unfortunate accident, she was left to manage their farm alone. One night a lawman, that had suffered a severe beating, fell into her house, and changed her life by increments. This is a story of love, loss, law and lawlessness.