The setting is a farm Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters assorted relatives live with the sisters but everyone at home and in the whole town depends on Kate to hold everything together The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding many of the farms Kate is holding out if Kate sells everyone else will sell if Kate refuses the rest of the town will refuse as well Randolph Scott meets Kates beautiful sister Sally Blane at a dance Randolph Scott as it turns out is an agent for the power company Kate thinks hes just using Sally Sally believes that he truly likes her Randolph comes to the farm and appears to woo Kate Kate remains unconvinced about selling out but falls for Randolph