Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.

Women's suffrage catches fire in Sweetwater and no one feels the heat more than Maverick, who's just won a Chinese girl in a poker game.

When a stagecoach is attacked by Apaches and a woman is killed, the angry townspeople want to call in the cavalry.

A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.

Bret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religious cult.