简介：TheHighChaparral,thenameoftheranchownedbytheCannonfamilyintheArizonaTerritoryduringthe1870's.Stubborn,determined,50-year-oldJohnCannonisthepatriarchofthefamilywithambitionstoestablishacattleempirewhilefindingawaytoco-existwiththeApachesandtheMexicansjustacrosstheborder.Tohelphim,hehashisyoungerbrotherBuck,whocanout-drink,out-shoot,out-fight,andwhenmotivated,out-workanymanalive.Healsohashisson,BillyBlue,ayoungmaninhisearly20's,whosemotheriskilledinthefirstepisode.Inanarrangedmarriageintendedtokeeppeacewiththeneighbors,JohnthenmarriesanaristocraticMexicanbeauty,VictoriaMontoya,daughterofDonSebastianMontoya,awealthySonoranrancher.Herbrother,Manolito,accompaniesVictoriatotheCannonranchasherguardian,stayingonasamemberofthehouseholdevenafterthearrangedmarriageturnstooneofsubstanceandtrust.…