Setting the Scene

It's 1876 and gold had been discovered in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. The discovery had birthed the lawless mining town of Deadwood.

Main Characters and Journey

Steel Madison and his father, Philadelphians, join up with a wagon train headed by Charlie Utter, leaving Colorado with 180 painted ladies for the upstart mining town of Deadwood.

Conflict and Action

Enemies are made, and they experience the dangers of the uncivilized West. Steel goes against his father's firm counsel and purchases a lead pusher—a Colt pistol.