Beth is sole daughter of, and middle child of John Dutton. She’s well-educated, and highly intelligent. The current executor of the Estate of the ranch, married to Rip Wheeler, mother to adoptive son Carter. A loyal protector of her family and the land. Rip is a ranch hand on the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, one of the biggest cattle ranches in the United States. He works his way up, eventually gaining authority over other ranch hands and even becoming the foreman of the ranch.