Jim Hardie decides to ride into an outlaw hangout known as "The Canyon of Wanted Men" to find the one man who can clear Ken Gibbons who is to hang in three days for a murder. The man Fred Kimball has his daughter Jane with him.

Jim Hardie is sent to accompany Vincent Dodd, a jeweler, who is carrying $30,000 in gems from back east. Attempts have been made to steal the gems but Hardie is unable to stop a last attempt and there is a cast of possible suspects.

After an attempted robbery of $50,000 on a train and two men killed, Jim Hardie is sent to carry the $50,000 on the rest of the trip by stagecoach. He is accompanied by the owner of the money - a lawyer from the east and a pretty woman.

While on vacation Jim Hardie becomes involved with the Cole Younger gang as a hostage with a spunky young girl after the Northfield, Minnesota holdup. His primary goal is the protection of the girl but one of Younger's men has other ideas.

A successful and egotistical outlaw decides to post his own reward for Jim Hardie - Wanted: Dead. He is offering $1000 hoping some of his gang will take the bait and be eliminated and perhaps Jim will be eliminated as well.

When Matthew Land returns to his hometown of Pueblo after three years in prison, he has little support. Jim Hardie is one of the few who helps him by having him return to his old job despite stealing $10,000 from Wells Fargo.

Jim Hardie arrives in Kimball as a man forces the Wells Fargo agent into the office to rob him. He wounds the agent and kills another man. Several clues come in but one sounds right except the suspect has helped turn the life of a widow.