The Twenties come in with a roar for Buck Farley. He has cowboyed on cattle drives for ten years before he decides to try homesteading in Dakota.
After bad crop years, he is ready to saddle up and ride back to Texas when a rancher offers him employment.
The work involves him in cattle rustling, whiskey bootlegging, murder, a lynch mob, and a pretty girl, all during a tumultuous Dakota winter.