Bandits kill Mr. Duvall when they try to steal the titles of possesion of the mine in that county. All the blame fall on Clark Harrison, but he is innocent. Later, after paying a penalty he did not commit and supposedly rehabilitated, he is appointed sheriff.

Because of his difficult character, Colonel Lennox, commanding at Fort Sharp, a remote outpost on the border of the United States is hated by the soldiers of his troop. The situation is even more complicated when the fort is attacked by Indians.

A drifter helps a ranch couple fend off the approaches of a ruthless landowner.