Jesse Sterling would have given anything (except his horse and saddle) to have ridden the trails his step-grandfather had covered in his youth. According to the old diary entries, the 1890's seemed much more intriguing than modern day 1952. So, when an opportunity arose to relive those times, nothing could hold Jesse back. Then the Sterling family's paleontologist friend, Doctor Graham Brighton, was accused of murder. Bent on clearing his name, Jesse hid the fugitive where no one could ever find him