A woman who lost her legs in the Civil War decides to take a chance and become a mail order bride to a doctor in Wichita. There's much adversity to overcome in the rough town, what with rowdy elections and drunken cowboys, but through it all she grows closer to her husband while he becomes a famous forward-thinking doctor, and even designs a better working set of legs for his beloved wife. After overcoming adversity their entire lives, the medical couple don't know if they can overcome the challenges facing them, as they grow old together