Near tragedy results when a wealthy merchant attempts to thwart the budding romance between his daughter and a young man down on his luck

Randy's rowdy family arrives in town to protect him from a a vengeful former convict who belongs to a family embroiled in a feud with the Bentons.

Someone hires an ex-marshal to murder the signers of an important trade agreement with Mexico.

The women of Medicine Bow reject a former saloon girl trying to start a new life and business after serving time for murder, especially after a local citizen is found dead.

Randy goes to Montana to pick up a mare and see his childhood friend Georgie Sam with whom he plans to start a horse ranch. Randy is introduced to a rancher's daughter who he falls in love with but her family is suddenly in a crisis.

After 35 years in prison Tom Brant returns to Medicine Bow. A newspaper reporter's story about him stirs the interest of people who had various connections to him. People swarm to him for different reasons including the money he hid.

Morgan Starr and Randy Benton travel to sell a herd of cattle to an Indian agent to feed the Dakota, but find themselves on a journey of loss and finding, resulting in a change for many lives but especially for Randy.

Trampas enlists the aid of an ex-card dealer to help him deliver a boy and his baby sister to their mother in Laramie.

A group of heavily armed men arrives in Medicine Bow and begins a mysterious vigil.

When Judge Garth is appointed Governor of the Wyoming Territory, he asks his Civil War friend Morgan Starr to take over running Shiloh in his place. Starr's hardnosed demeanor doesn't sit well with anyone on or off the ranch. His introduction is made harder by a locust plague when Starr decides to stay and fight them rather than move the cattle.

Jennifer overrides a family's objections and tries to open up an emotionally withdrawn girl who has witnessed a murder.

The head of a family of drifters urges his cardsharp son and saloon girl daughter to pose as respectable citizens while at Shiloh Ranch.

The Virginian's friend Benjy is convicted of a murder he swears he didn't commit. A mountain man may be able to clear him but a search doesn't find him. The Virginian decides to follow some clues putting himself and the witness in danger.

Trampas and Randy are sent to pickup horses from a rich man illegally evicting people from their property who don't believe in fighting back. Trampas stays as he takes an interest in the leader's daughter who doesn't agree with her father.

An ex-Confederate office imprisoned for 20 years for mistreating prisoners arrives in Medicine Bow and fans the hatred of one of his former victims. 

A retired lawman turned rancher facing foreclosure trades shelter and medical help for an injured thief's loot.

A railroad detective hounds a former train robbery suspect, refusing to believe in the man's innocence even though he was cleared in court.

A veteran cowboy finds planning a payroll robbery at Shiloh difficult when he forms a friendship with Randy and a wild stallion brings back his pride at being a top bronc buster.

Two tramps kill the wife of Ev Clinchy provoking the ire of Ev and his friend Hezekiah who want to lynch them. The sheriff keeps them at bay but when he is killed it is up to Ryker to protect the men against his close friends for trial.

A Greek widower sends to his homeland for a woman to marry, and a 19-year-old arrives.

A lonely saloon girl risks her outlaw boyfriend's wrath when she tends the Virginian, who has fallen seriously ill during a trip through Mexico.

Trampas injures his horse saving a man with a runaway team. He is forced to stay a few days in a small town with that man as an old friend arrives to force the town to sign over its gambling rights to him.

Ben Justin takes over a ranch next to Shiloh. He has had a string of bad luck including the death of his first wife. His son wants to help him but Ben keeps him and his wife Mary at arms length out of fear they will see the real Ben.

Judge Garth's niece Jennifer comes to live with him at Shiloh after her parents are killed in an accident. However, she is uncomfortable with her uncle who disapproved of her father. A young man she met seems to help but he has a past.

Ryker is on a stage that is stopped by a group of Mexicans who are after one of the passengers for killing one of their women. The leader knows Ryker, who is proposing they let the law settle the issue, but the Mexicans want justice – now.

Betsy meets the broke minister David Henderson who is roaming the west looking for a calling after a turbulent history. He becomes involved with helping local miners fighting the mine management, as well as with Betsy, who has found her calling.

In a mid life crisis Trampas decides to quit Shiloh when his vagabond friend arrives in Medicine Bow. The two head for Deadwood and excitement where a prospector takes them but his claim is on Indian land which is illegal and dangerous.

A young cowhand who only wants to learn to read and write could pay for the knowledge with his life when his pretty teacher's jealous husband is released from prison and comes to town.

The Virginian accidentally kills the son of an Australian sheep rancher who has little time and love for his family. His daughter is in the middle between The Virginian who she loves and her father who barely notices her.

A rancher frees his condemned brother from an Army stockade and flees to the hills, unaware he inadvertently killed a guard during the escape.