Old feelings revive when a woman Slim once wanted to marry returns to Laramie. She is there to sing in the casino her boyfriend is reopening after finishing a trip to prison. She, her boyfriend and Sheriff Cory all have plans for Slim.

Jess returning from a cattle sale helps a stranger caught in a gun battle who later trades identities with Jess when he is nearly killed in a saloon. Jess recovers but is mistaken for the stranger who is an outlaw but no one believes him.

When Jess' horse is stolen, he tracks it and the thief, a young Mexican boy, to a town. The sheriff arrests the boy and Jess is forced to stay to testify only to learn the Judge is vindictive due to the murder of his son by a Mexican.

After saving the life of an Arapaho girl in a fire and helping acquit her in a trial for killing a man, Slim finds her his possession due to Arapaho law. When she won't leave him, he takes her in but soon finds he has feelings for her.