Colton H. Bryant grew up in Wyoming & never once wanted to leave it. Wyoming loved him & he loved it back. Two things helped Colton get through school & the neighbourhood bullies: his best friend Jake & his favourite mantra: Mind over matter -- which meant to him: if you dont mind it dont matter. Colton & Jake grew up wanting nothing more that the freedom to sleep out under the great Wyoming night sky & to be just like Jakes dad Bill a strong gentle man of few words who can ride rodeo like nobodys business. When Colton started work as a driller on a rig despite his young wife begging him to quit he claimed it was in his blood. Colton did die young & he died on the rig -- falling to his death because the oil company neglected to spend the $2 000 on safety rails. His family received no compensation. The strong sad story of Colton H. Bryants life could not be told without the telling of the land that grew him where there are still such things as cowboys roaming the plains where it is relationships that get you through & where a simple soulful & just man named Colton H. Bryant lived & died.