Set in the old west in the town of Goose Creek, Rings of a Tree follow two friends, Tom and Al, who embark on a perilous journey that will take them into their old age. They won't be alone as the Appleton's, a powerful and ruthless family driven by greed and violence, will join them along with an unsuspecting, young writer for the local paper who digs up a dangerous past that might have been better left buried.