A stage pulls into a way station where everyones been killed by indians. Close up of last stones, all of which are round, being put on graves but as stage pulls away pas the graves they're covered with large irregular shaped rocks.
The opening scene shows a train arriving at the then-frontier of the railroad pushing westward, and yet the track is already overgrown with weeds.
At the birthday party at the end of the film, the people are dancing to "The Merry Widow Waltz", which didn't come out until 1905.