Lofty and Annie become concerned when homesteaders are forced to sell their spreads cheaply because of rustlers, poisoned waterholes and cut fences.
Tagg Oakley is tricked into driving a wagon full of gunpowder to Fort Yuma not realizing that Geronimo and his Apache braves have been tipped to the time and route of the delivery.
A old female peddler is injured when her team of horses bolts. While she recuperates under Lofty's care, Annie writes to her estranged son in Texas and asks him to visit his ailing parent.
A young man is mistaken for a notorious outlaw and has a hard time convincing Diablo's townspeople that he didn't commit a stagecoach robbery.