Kate

Intro Independence, Kansas. It's 1871, the height of summer. People are trying to survive and tame the West. There have been some awful stories about travellers going missing on the trail up towards Nebraska, but people are still trying to go about their time and live their lives. Just like Kate Bender is doing, selling apples at the market. (You are a young rancher, or ranch hand living in Independence. Pick your own look and name. You also have a very nice chestnut brown American Quarter horse named Timber.)