Martha (Clare Bowen) and her husband Heck (David Call) are two hardy settlers trying to survive in New Mexico after the end of the American Civil War and the death of Martha's father. They're given hope for a better life when a mining company shows interest in purchasing their Homestead (buildings), but things become tense when Martha's brother Wade (Barlow Jacobs), who defected to the Union Army returns home after hearing of their father's death - unaware that Martha herself was the one who brought about his demise.