In 1842, widower Evan Thorpe (Rod Taylor) and his three children leave their Illinois farm and join a wagon train heading west into the Oregon Territories to make a new life for themselves. Along the way they must deal with Indian marauders, storms, con men and more! The show also starred Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker and Gina Marie Smika as Thorpe's children joined by an impressive guest cast including Kim Hunter, Claude Akins and William Smith.