When Black cowboy Nat Love overnights in Deadwood during a cattle drive, he decides to enter a Fourth of July cowboy competition; confident in his roping, riding, and shooting skills, he is eager to test his mettle against the best cowboys around.
When homesteaders keep cutting down her fences to access grazing land and water, a widowed landowner teams up with Texas Ranger Ira Aten to protect her property; Aten hopes his explosive plan of action will force the cutters to compromise.
Tennessee native John Coffee Hays heads to the frontier of Texas in the 1830s and signs on as an early member of the Texas Rangers, and in 1844 he becomes a legend when he leads a small band in a desperate fight with the Comanche.
The cowboys head to Texas on a mission to broker their first cattle deal; Cody decides it is time to start his own rodeo; Bubba and Kaley take in a struggling cowboy while he looks for work; Booger and Jaclyn get serious about buying a piece of land.
Looking to reform the corrupt government of his Old West town, newspaperman Jeff Rose is running for mayor against officeholder Nard Lundy (Edward Andrews). Jeff's campaign lacks the incumbent's muscle and money, and his quest looks hopeless until the arrival of his father-in-law, Capt. Oren Hayes (Pat O'Brien). Joined by three fellow former Texas lawmen (Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Chill Wills), Oren and his daughter, Hannah, help Jeff fight back against his antagonist's dirty tactics.
While guiding a hunting expedition, Jim Bridger must deal with an arrogant foreign prince who is abusing his servant boy; the tables soon turn when it's the prince who needs rescuing, and his only hope is the long-suffering servant boy.
For months, a thin wall of rock is all that keeps the peace between two rival silver mining companies in the Idaho mountains; when the barrier is finally breached, pickaxes give way to pistols and rifles, and the miners battle for five days.
After the suspicious death of a tunnel worker, and unconvincing answers from the project's lead engineer, Doc Susie goes on a covert mission to find out what happened; deep underground, she finds her own life in peril when she's trapped by a cave-in.
Young Army officer John Mullan heads west to help establish an important wagon route through the Northern Rockies, but before he can build his road, he must survive the hardships of the frontier and a dangerous encounter with Yakima warriors.
In Abilene, Kan., Marshal Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) contends with unruly cattlemen and a group of determined homesteaders intending to settle on government land bordering the town. Hoping to rid the town of the farmers, the cowboys set fire to their camp, and a desperado murders a homesteader, but Dan refuses to allow them revenge. Joining a posse under a crooked sheriff, and with the help of singer Rita (Ann Dvorak) and a merchant, Dan forces a peaceful showdown between the factions.