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 is captured by a posse and accused of being one of the men who robbed a bank and shot the banker; only the sheriff, whom the banker hates for being in love with his daughter, is inclined to believe Bill.

Bill is sent into Mexico to investigate and put an end to a counterfeiting ring that's been operating there making phony American currency; the lawman he was to contact is ambushed and killed, leaving Bill to handle the situation alone.

Still leading the cattle drive, Bill takes his herd across a powerful rancher's land; he finds a woman who claims she is fleeing from a rancher's advances, but he learns that she isn't telling the whole truth.

A former lawman who lost his nerve after a shooting incident is being harassed by brothers of a man he once killed; the ex-lawman's daughter refuses to let him fight back.