Young Mark manages to capture a hawk but falls into danger with a rattlesnake. A stranger comes to his rescue and Mark invites the man home, unaware that he is on the run from the law.
Lucas comes to the rescue when escaped convicts hold up the general store in North Fork and take Marshall Torrance hostage.
Young Mark McCain is eager to help lawman Jay Jefferson, who has arrived intent on killing an outlaw.
Dan Maury, released from Yuma prison, arrives in North Fork intent on getting even with Marshal Torrance, who helped send him to jail.
Outlaw Sam Morley falls in love with a young woman who has a serious illness and asks Lucas to turn him in for the reward and use the money to pay for her medical care.
Lucas puts his life in jeopardy when he agrees to testify in a murder case where the first witness was killed before he could testify, and the killer is still at large.
An arch-criminal has been run out of New Orleans and is passing through North Fork. Spotting the McCain ranch, he tells McCain he wants to buy it.
When Mark tries to play Cupid between Lucas and a stranger who arrives in North Fork, the girl's older brothers accuse him of trifling with her affections and challenge him to fight.
A handsome Italian count arrives in North Fork. The town bully ridicules his manner of speech and dress and provokes the Count to challenge him to a duel.
A vengeful judge who believes Lucas was responsible for his son's death, kidnaps Mark McCain to revenge himself on Lucas.
Johnny Gibbs, Lucas McCain's brother-in-law, visits the McCain ranch. Gibbs, a rodeo rider wanted by the law, begins stirring up trouble.
The notorious Shelton rides into the town of North Fork to take revenge on an elderly Marshal who is now crippled and working for Lucas McCain.
When Mark gets caught on a mountain ledge, a young outlaw risks his life to rescue him and breaks his leg doing so.
Lucas and Mark decide to enter a local turkey shoot to raise money to buy a ranch.
A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.
Lucas recognizes Dr. Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once fought. He helps with a dying man, but Lucas and the doctor have unresolved anger.
Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
Lucas puts his life in jeopardy when he agrees to testify in a murder case where the first witness was killed before he could testify, and the killer is still at large.
Lucas gets in trouble when he accuses the foreman of a neighboring ranch of rustling some of his cattle.
Dan Willard takes on Marshal Micah Torrence's job, and takes a tough stand with a bunch of Texas cowhands.