Revealing mistake: In the scene where Cobb's mean attack Emmitt, Mal shoots one of the men in the hand. The shot pauses long enough to show that hand is quite a cheap, plastic-looking fake prop hand.
Silverado (1985)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn
Continuity mistake: In the gunfight scene in the street between Paden and Cobb the length and angle of the shadows of both characters and the buildings change several times from one shot to the next.
Sheriff Cobb: We'll give you a fair trial - followed by a first-class hangin'.
Answer: First, he left her and their father, to run the farm on their own. Then McKendrick was hounding and bullying them to sell their land. She had enough and wanted to enjoy life, not suffer for it.