[5] In the film, young Dorothy Watkins meets Richard Wentworth through an automobile accident.

The couple tours Columbus and sees the many things the community has to offer its residents including the Ralston Hotel, St. Elmo (the house of Augusta Evans Wilson), parks and factories.

They also meet an aging soldier at the Confederate monument who tells them stories of the Civil War, including its last major military engagement, the Battle of Columbus.

After meeting again at a dance, Richard asks for Dorothy’s hand in marriage but, her father refuses to give his blessing.

They marry at Trinity Episcopal Church and the film ends with the couple sailing off on the riverboat W.C.