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.
Lucas welcomes his old friend Tom Birch, who once saved his life, unaware that the man is now a bank robber on the run with his gang.
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.
Sid Fallon tries to blackmail former gambler Julia Andueza into allowing him to use her boarding house as a gambling hall and saloon.
When a young boy from Brooklyn is accused of murder, Mark hides him until he can find the real killer.
The townsfolk of North Fork decide to give a young couple a shivaree celebration. When the drunken crowd gets out of hand and roughs up the bride-to-be, the young groom challenges them.
An old friend of Lucas McCain's, a traveling photographer, comes to North Fork plying his trade. When a murder is committed, the photographer is accused of the crime.
A famous gunfighter marries and decides to retire. He and his wife settle down in North Fork and open a store, but three outlaws arrive in town looking to best him in a gunfight.
After the end of the Civil War, General Phil Sheridan, who has been appointed Governor of the New Mexico Territory, is on an inspection tour of the country.
An Argentine family moves to North Fork. The townspeople are unfriendly to them, making fun of their clothing and customs. The Argentinean adult immigrant is openly hostile in return.
The townsfolk of North Fork decide to give a young couple a shivaree celebration. When the drunken crowd gets out of hand and roughs up the bride-to-be, the young groom challenges them.
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 allows some snowed-in stagecoach passengers to stay with him until the roads are passable. Trouble brews when the whisky salesman and gunfighter fall for the same woman.
Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.
A janitor-turned-gunfighter's reputation hangs on one lucky shot and a lot of gall. The handyman finds himself in trouble when he accidentally kills another gunfighter.