The Mountains of Eternal Snow

Edith leaves home for Carter Station to teach. Martin's position as a clerk for a store in Bear River City ends when the town is destroyed by a riot. He ends up working for Judge Carter at Carter Station. Martin and Edith reunite. Her background as a suffragette helps South Pass City's women get the vote. Edith is loved by Union Pacific boos John Casement and a brash lieutenant of the Second Cavalry. Martin focuses on success and becomes a Military Post trader. Edith discovers Casement will not marry her, and the lieutenant is killed by Indians. Martin and Edith eventually marry and settle at Martin's post on the Shoshone Indian Reservation. While they raise a family, Martin prospers, but along the way, they fight disease, a 100-year storm, crooked politicians, and hostile Indians.