A Canadian cattle buyer who owns his own city pays the Virginian $100,000, then has his henchmen rob the local bank, rendering the Virginian's bank draft worthless.

Clay tries to prevent a range war between the ranchers and the homesteaders who are blocking their path to market. A hotheaded rancher secretly hires a gunfighter who happens to be an old friend of Trampas, who falls for Abby Keefer, a homesteader's daughter.