of the economics of his time and place. when you push people into desperate situations, they take desperate actions. you had to make a living and wrestling with cattle was about all that was left for us wanted men. the boys are guns for hire, working for a network of rarchlers who have taken control of new mexico s lincoln county. lincoln county is huge. it s the size of south carolina. it s a mace that s attractable for what we call cattle barons. billy finds himself in the midst of one of the most famous feuds in the history of the american west. the county is under the thumb of james dolan and lawrence murphy. they hold the largest beef contracts and run the leading general store. dolan and murphy are the kinds of men who went west when