Lydia Barlow is called upon to move her family from Virgina to Mississippi. Jon, her husband, is off in war and is meeting her. Along the way, Lydia learns to be a leader and grows up. When she arrives in Mississippi there is much to be done to get the farm ready for the crops that year. Her family pitches in and along with their workers, they are able to make it the first year. Over the next years she learns how to live on the land and make it through heartache and trials.