Woman is the first doctor in Colorado springs after she gets there she is not greeted in a nice way by the priest and is token for granted after she is not able to care for a patient who was bit by a rattle snake she is forced to take in three children magnet colline and Brian

Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

As Colorado Springs' Commisioner, Sully opposes a deal to mine for copper to make electricity. In order to sway Sully's decision, Mr. Garrick threatens Sully. Sully and Michaela's daugther, Katie, is then kidnapped while the town celebrates Michaela's birthday. The search for Katie takes Sully, Micheala, and their friends on an adventure through Mexico that is filled with danger at every turn.