Return to Oak River FallsLon McKay, a young cowhand in Wyoming in 1860, falls in love with the beautiful Laura Bowman. But their marriage plans are interrupted when Lon visits his mother in Indiana after the death of his father. He rides right into a new conscription law, and is drafted into the Union Army in the midst of the Civil War in 1863. After two years, including a stint in Andersonville Prison, Lon is discharged from the army as a cavalry lieutenant. He returns to