Tired of his dad's treatment, Kiley Cheever heads to Medicine Bow to find his childhood friend Trampas and a job. Kiley's tendency to make up stories and prove his manhood gets him into trouble with everyone but a female visitor to Shiloh.

A rancher halts his feud with Shiloh over a strip of land between Shiloh and the Bowden ranch when he mistakes a drifter for a gunslinger.