Iirc a young guy goes west and ends up in california. finds or arrives at a ranch owned by a mexican man and his daughter. ends up marrying daughter and some banditos come to crash the wedding. I think the father charges them with a sword? Also not sure if it is part of this story or another one but I believe there are "locals" that move back to the ranch?
Just started looking through the "western" tag for the story after reading The Walters Brothers and Split Tail Ranch by qhm1
https://storiesonline.net/s/22165/the-walters-brothers
https://storiesonline.net/s/18324/split-tails-ranch