Sally Fergus was a cantankerous, tobacco-chewing, rough-talking, hard-drinking old lady on her way west to pan for gold in California. Accompanying her and her mule-driven wagon was young gunfighter Cyrus Pike, who was looking forward to the riches of California, and was often chagrined by the constant delays as Sally decided to meddle in the lives of those that they met.
—Marty McKee <mmckee@soltec.net>