The good old boys: In 1906, cowboy Hewey Calloway realizes that the West is changing and that he must find a new way of life in a new era. The smiling country: A cowboy struggles to adapt to the modern world in 1910s Texas. Hewey Calloway finds it difficult to accept fences, cars and, worst of all--sheep. Also, he is advancing in years, though here there is a consolation, he is teaching the trade to his nephew.