The Days of Jasper Caine

Jasper Caine, failed eastern banker, decides to make his new home in the Hiute Wilderness area in Colorado. When his companion, a horse named Genevieve, deserts him for two Forest Rangers on a game count wilderness trip, Jasper decides to trail them and entice Genevieve back. Since Jasper "obtained" the horse without the formality of informing the previous owner, he is blocked from just asking the rangers for Genevieve's return. A chance encounter with would be Mountain Man, Homer Funtzt AKA as Jim Bridger, brings together two bumblers proving the concept that two are only fractionally as effective as one, at least in this case. Their combined efforts will set the Hiute Wilderness Area back about a hundred years.