The Saga of Windwagon Smith

Sea Captain Windwagon Smith arrives in Westport, Kansas, the starting point of the old Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, and quickly becomes the town's laughing stock. Rather than traveling in the traditional oxen-drawn covered wagon, he is at the helm of a Contestoga-type wagon equipped with a full set of sails, intending to travel to Oregon by harnessing the prairie winds. He first wins over the town mayor, falls in love with the mayor's daughter, Molly Crum, and then secures financial backing from the townspeople. He sets out across the plains with Molly Crum secretly hiding in the wagon, as a Kansas twister approaches. As the storm hits, the wind fills his sails—and, hypothetically, a fan as well.