When a lightning strike spooks the herd, an injured Theodore Roosevelt acts quickly to stop a stampede during the fall roundup. Back in town, the annual roundup dance brings the community together, friend and foe alike. What should be a joyful celebration turns ugly when Paddock decides it’s time to settle old scores with the Elkhorn crew. The dance is also Wilmot’s best chance to propose marriage to Rosie, but her heart is torn between a simple life as Wilmot’s wife and a more alluring future as Medora’s protégée. With the Elkhorn ranch secured for the winter under the watchful eye of Merrifield, Roosevelt returns to New York to be reunited with his daughter.