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Wilsey Grant goes to work at the Emerald Peaks Ranch, where he hears of ranch hands terrorizing the settlers, and he witnesses the shooting of a homesteader boy. The deputy sheriff arrests a ranch hand. The owner of the ranch leads his gunmen into town. They kidnap a girl and offer to trade her for the prisoner, then shoot the deputy and spring the prisoner. The marauders return to town and set some buildings on fire. Two of the attackers are killed, but the main antagonists are still on the loose. Back on his feet, the deputy puts together a posse and goes to the ranch, where they have a series of gunfights.