In the 1870s Wyoming, Slim Sherman and his brother try to save the ranch after their father's death.
While on the trail with a couple facing financial issues, Jess and the couple find a mule loaded with sacks of gold.
Jess is livid when his innocent friend is tried, convicted and hanged for the murders of Doc Webb and Sheriff Kiley.
After a run-in with a traveling prizefighter leaves a mess at the station, Jonesy becomes the man's promoter to help pay the bills at the station.
When he plans to ride shotgun on a stage carrying a bank shipment, Jess is asked to look the other way and allow a robbery, but when Jess tries to have the man arrested, the office manager refuses to press charges.