Conagher is a 1991 American Western made-for-television film co-produced and distributed by TNT, based on the 1969 Louis L'Amour novel of the same name.
One of the men on the stagecoach warns Evie of a man named Conn Conagher, who he claims is a fierce gunfighter.
Conagher proves to be a hardworking cowhand, but the ranch comes under threat by the Ladder Five gang, led by Smoke Parnell.
Conagher saves the ranch and Tay's cattle twice from the Ladder gang, both in a series of quick gun battles.
He also visits the Teale farm regularly, and Evie and he grow fond of each other and he becomes a father figure to her children.
One day, when Conagher is out herding Tay's cattle, he is ambushed and shot by the Ladder Five gang.
The wounded Conagher hides out during the day, and at night returns and holds the Ladder Five, including Parnell, at gunpoint.
Weak from his wound, Conagher eventually collapses and passes out, but not before he demands the Ladder Five to clear off of the land.
Apparently, cowboys all over the county have been finding the notes tied to the tumbleweeds, and wondering about the woman who wrote them.
In town, Conagher plans to get drunk and then head north, but he finds a drunken Mahler in the saloon.