Billy Howard helped drive a herd to Montana, and while heading back to Texas his prized buckskin pulls up lame in a small Colorado town. He falls for rich rancher Don Carlos' beautiful daughter Nita, and she wants to go to Texas with him but can't as long as her aging parents are alive. He gets in a shoot-out and makes his escape, but he won't leave without her, even with a $10,000 reward out on him. She must choose between cowboy Billy Howard and lawyer Enrique Gonzalez.