A rancher, Whopper Darrow, ""borrows"" a ranch from friend, Gene Autry, to impress his visiting daughter, Mary. But trouble comes along when an outlaw gang comes to steal money Gene hides in the ranch. Unfortunately, Whopper is part of the gang. Fearing his daughter will be disapointed, Whopper decides to bring the outlaws in. It turns out that Mary knew he wasn't a rancher all along.

The T-C (a ranch) has a new cook, Jody Bowers. Gene breaks it to him that the T-C can't use the road that's on route to the Flying M. The people of T-C are displeased and refuse to use the other route, which takes two days to ride. A crook tries to kill the owner of T-C, and puts to blame of Gene's boss.

Pat is elected sheriff of Goose Creek, and makes Gene his deputy. Pat's job: to track down escaped convict, Red Lambert, who is is heading towards Goose Creek. Gene and Pat head out through the countryside, but when Pat falls behinds, he runs into Red, who forces him to switch outfits. Red, wearing Pat's outfit ambushes Gene and takes his guns. Gene then finds Pat in a black and white striped outfit. They head to Hiram Glover's ranch for guns. Gene and Pat find themselves trapped by Hiram and his daughter (who Pat of course has a crush on). The Glovers are helping Red out, who's trying to prove he's innocent. Gene and Pat are able to escape, and find evidence that Brad Bidwell, who hired Pat, was the killer of the former sheriff.

Gene arrives in Cottonwood to track down outlaw, Maverick Dan. Gene runs into his younger sister, Barbara (who Dan dubs, Bonnie), who believes her older brother is innocent. When Gene finds a place for Barbara to stay, an outlaw gang, led by Dan, is raiding a stagecoach, Gene chases after them, but they escape. Gene finds clues in the mayor's office that Cottonwood is rich in Tungsen Ore. The mayor finds Gene, and sends him to sheriff Pat Buttram, who lets him off the hook. Barbara tries to warn Dan, but is caught by two of the mayor's henchmen, who make her part of their plan to capture Gene. Gene finds the real Maverick Dan, who is really the mayor in disguise. With that, Gene and Barbara bring in the outlaws.

This time around, Gene is a Sheriff and he happens on Chaulky White killing Kelly the Knifeman who is practicing his act on Pat. Chaulky is put in jail but escapes with help from Higgins and his associates. Higgins wants to marry Alice Caldwell and has some dirt on her father. Mr. Caldwell goes to see Higgins but instead sees Chaulky kill Higgins. Gene thinks Mr. Caldwell killed Higgins but Pat tells Gene otherwise. Chaulky is captured by Gene roping him.

No song in this episode.

Stage robbers are killing everyone on the stages that they rob. The local Sheriff sends for Gene for help. On their way to town, two outlaws try to ambush Gene and Pat. They capture one and the other gets away and they lose him near a cabin occupied by a witch. Gene and Pat take on a wagon load of gold and outside of town they are met by the Sheriff and the prisoner. They make the prisoner drive the wagon in hopes that they can capture the robbers. Instead, Gene and the Sheriff are captured by the robbers. With his great comical style, Pat saves Gene and the Sheriff this time.

Gene and Pat are called into Jimtown to help Sheriff Dan Carter with the increasing number of crimes. When Gene and Pat arrive, they find an old ""Battle Axe"", Belle Anderson is the new acclaimed sheriff. With smooth-talking, a gang of outlaws, lead by Vasco are named the new deputies. Gene, Pat, and Dan try to convince her otherwise, but she is reluctant. Dan rounds up his old deputies to capture the outlaws. During a fight, Dan captures the outlaws, and brings them in, and regains his job as sheriff.

Gene is the foremen of the Jingle Bell ranch that was recently inherited by Torrey Palmer, who is wanting to turn a profit using modern methods of selling livestock. Seeing how Champion is Gene's horse, she decides to sell Little Champ to the highest bidder. Gene doesn't want to separate the two relative horses, he decides to scare Torrey away by spooking the place up a bit, and making her believe the ranch is haunted. She catches them in the act, and Gene and the hired hands are fired. After Gene leaves, Torrey is caught in a burning stable and rescue because of Champion's love for Little Champ. In the end, Gene and the hands are back, and Torrey decides to do things Gene's way.