The Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble; trouble finds him.

Bill has been hired to guide two Easterners who want to capture wild stallions to use as studs for breeding.

Bill Longley comes to the aid of Ramirez, a farmer who wants to plant peach trees when the local cattlemen object.

Two gunmen rob Bill Longley, taking his $8,300 he earned for taking a herd of cattle to Mesa.

A lynch mob wants to hang a young man convicted of killing a family of homesteaders; Bill rides in with a stay of execution from the governor just as the mob is about to break into the jail; the desperate prisoner escapes.