Found on banks of the Trinity river by outlaws going to their hideout in the Big Thicket country, Jubal was raised to be able to go out in the world a free man and experience the world for himself. This story takes you on a long trail that was filled with adventures where he had to use his gun. He also meets a high-spirited young woman on a wagon train. This relationship was like mixing gunpowder and matches together. Jubal eventually ended up homesteading in central Oregon where he built up a wine producing empire, but not without problems with road agents and train robbers.