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.

While sleeping by his campsite, Bill is startled by sounds of movement in the underbrush; he investigates and finds a young boy who is so frightened that he can't talk.

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

Longley attempts to escort Yancey Lewis, a bank robber sentenced to spend five years in prison in a distant town.

After Bill turns down a bribe from a landowner to detour the track through his town, the man forces a doctor to quarantine the railroad workers with false claims.