
Lucas McCain raises a son while battling desperados in New Mexico.
After Lucas kills a mountain man in a barroom brawl, his father arrives in North Fork determined to take revenge on Lucas and Marshal Torrance, once he breaks his other two boys out of jail.
A dying gunslinger attracts trouble to North Fork.
Newspaperman Byron Claremont specializes in profiles of gunmen; one of his stories is responsible for an old-time marshal's death; and his next subject is Lucas.
Lucas becomes involved in the family troubles of the hotel clerk.