Jimmy's father, a rancher, died in suspicious circumstances. To make things worse, Jimmy's disreputable undcle has a plot to take over the ranch. Jimmy turn to his friend Brad, the Marshal, for help.
The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will initiate the run for the best fields and claims.
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
Rancher Roy and his boys track down a gang who have stolen Trigger and are holding him for ransom.