The Yellowstone finale showed Kayce (Grimes) fulfilling that promise made more than a century ago, acting out the plan that was teased at the end of the penultimate episode when he told sister Beth (Reilly) that the only way they can save the ranch is to give it away.

As he leaves his family property, he refuses to keep the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch sign, to create something new of his own. In the last last moments, the voice of Elsa Dutton from 1883 reflects on the evolution of the Yellowstone land as members of the reservation move onto the property.