Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West

The narrative follows cattle-country ranchers and trail drivers whose lives are upended when oil is discovered on their range. Young riders and veteran stockmen contend with betrayal, violence, and legal and financial maneuvering as seekers, crooked partners, and financiers clash over wells and a jackpot investment. Episodes alternate between outdoor action—roundups, gunfights, a gusher, fires and a daring tunnel—and boardroom decisions, schemes to raise capital, and personal reckonings among Dave Sanders, Emerson Crawford, Bob Hart and others. The arrival of oil forces changes to livelihoods and loyalties, testing friendships, provoking crime and reform, and reshaping the community's social and economic order.