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 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.

Bill stops to visit his friend, a well-respected sheriff, only to find that the whole town has turned against him, and he's been jailed for killing an unarmed kid; Bill seeks to discover the real truth.