A former medical student drifting west feels responsible for a broken leg suffered by Trampas and offers to take the ranch hand's place until he recovers. He has a hard time fitting in with the other hands while a girl he met earlier tracks him down to help her.

Tim Bradbury wants to recreate the cattle ranch he had in Texas and feels Clay Grainger owes him the help. His son Walt wants to farm instead while his son Mike who works at Shiloh puts the family in financial peril with his gambling.