Not knowing the Civil War is long over, a Confederate battalion defends an isolated canyon, as Gil's drive approaches. Following the cattle drive is a U.S. cavalry squadron, dispatched to stop mysterious raids on local farms. The green, young cavalry don't know the raiders are CSA veterans who are well dug in and itchy for serious battle. The much older U.S. cavalry sergeant looks suspiciously familiar to drover Jim Quince, who fought under flamboyant rebel General Jeb Stuart. Written by David Stevens

Aztec Mitla saves Gil's life from a dust storm, in the last steps of his 1500 mile walk to find a legendary princess to save his village in Mexico. Gil accompanies Mitla to the nearest town, and both seem to discover what they desperately need: water for Gil's dying cattle, and a gorgeous raven-tressed b-girl wearing a necklace of Mexican coins. But the saloon dancer's married lover, the town's mayor, stands defiantly in the way of both quests. Written by David Stevens

Battling a drought, Gil Favor turns the drive off the trail onto badlands, to save time. But his drovers doubt Gil's judgment, especially after a more experienced trail boss John Cord who's passing by, advises against the rougher route. Gil, thinking he is suffering brain fever from an old Civil War injury, seeks the help of the stern, older boss, who is fleeing back home from an unnamed danger. Cord agrees to take over the herd to save the cattle but with no word from Favor about the change, the men and especially Rowdy question Cord's motives. The men quickly admit that Cord's strategy for moving the cattle is letting them make better time while easier on the cattle and men. However, when Rowdy learns Cord's plans for crossing the river, he suspects Cord is working with the Bates gang who want them to pay tribute to cross. In reality Cord has killed the leader of the Bates gang and they want revenge. The Bates gang spots Cord's ramrod in town who leads them to the sick Favor. The ... Written by David Stevens

Following the death of his mother, 12 year-old Joey Gardner sets out in search of the father who left him at birth. The only clues he has to his identity are that he is a drover, has a scar below his left ear and his initials are G.F.

Confederate prison commandant is shot by a wife whose Union soldier husband disappeared after the War Between the States. She tracked the ex-warden down because she believes her spouse is still alive, so he tries to soothe her, saying he released all his POWs. Trail boss Gil, who fought for the South, intervenes between the livid woman and the reptilian jailer turned wealthy cotton planter, but then Gil's drovers find the woman dead. Written by David Stevens

Reformed thief Ralph Bartlett is determined to repay all his victims. Gil Favor is the second last name on the list. The last victim lives in a nearby town where unknown to Bartlett, he is wanted for murder.

Wishbone finds an old Indian who has been left in a cave to die by his tribe. Against the advice of others on the drive, he takes the man out and tries to bring him back to his tribe. But the tribe feels that their custom has been insulted and won't take him back, putting the blame on the entire cattle drive. Written by rbecker28

Rowdy and Quince on the way to Poco Tiempo for expense money encounter a posse. They are after two men who stole $10,000 and killed Father Sebastian. At Poco Tiempo a fire has destroyed much of the town including the cotton harvest. Two nuns there clear the men but they are stranded due to no horses. The posse is searching everyone leaving town looking for the money but in fact the two bandits have it and Father Sebastian with them in a cellar where the nuns are being forced to hide them. The nuns are told to take the money to Blanesville and give the money to Carter at the hotel. Unlike everyone else, the nuns are not searched as they board the stagecoach along with Rowdy, Quince, and two other passengers. Rowdy learns the younger nun who has not taken her final vows is from a family at home. Rowdy hears he may be having an impact on her decision on the vows so he makes a thinly veiled fake engagement with Emerald, a saloon girl. Due to mechanical delays, they learn the Father has ... Written by Anonymous

Mushy's no-nonsense mom foils a stage robbery on her way to see him. Martha Mushgrove pulled down one highwayman's mask to slap him, so the robbers track her to eliminate a witness. Meanwhile her son, all-thumbs Harkness Mushgrove III begs Gil to train him to be a drover, to impress Mom. Written by David Stevens

The trail crew meet up with a troop of buffalo soldiers - usually freed slaves recruited post Civil War for the US cavalry out west. A rebellious, former sergeant (played by Woody Strode), repeatedly busted down to private for various infractions, is befriended by Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood). Killing a fellow soldier in self-defense, the distrusting rebel runs, taking Rowdy's horse. Rowdy is forced to pursue him, hoping he will give himself up. Written by deforest

Rancher Ben Foley is trying to sell off his herd to Favor in bad faith. Meanwhile, drover Frank Price is falsely accused of murder.

Robert Culp plays as a Civil War veteran named Craig Kern, who has become addicted to morphine after it was used on him during treatment of a war injury. The head of a Kansas veteran's hospital asks the trail boss to take Kern on as a drover so he can reconnect with the world. Kern decides to try and kick his addiction on the trail. Oh, and the men are trying to stay ahead of a vicious winter storm. As an added complication, Kern's fiancé (Jan Shepard) joins the drive, determined to be with him despite the repeated warning that a cattle drive is no place for a woman. Written by Daren Young

The drive reaches Sedalia but Favor's problems are just beginning. A bank crash back east has wiped out all the cattle buyers and the only viable grazing land is owned by embittered widow Emma Cardwell who is intent on bankrupting Favor.

Gil and crew reach trail's end in Sedalia, but Gil's hard drinking is not to celebrate: his fiancée has married another. Waiting for one drover is his own beautiful fiancée, closely tracked by a short-tempered bounty hunter. Gil's approached by another trail boss with a local ranching opportunity. Will Gil return to Philly, stay in Missouri, or meet his men at Chickenfeather Siding for another drive ? Written by David Stevens

Gil visits his girls encountering an Indian on the train. Gil sees the Indian from the train in a wagon with handcuffs on. He discovers the man is a prisoner. With help they decide to break him out. Both Gil and Eleanor learn about raising the girls. Written by Annette

The men are back together and headed to San Antonio with a herd of horses.

The crew minus Pete is at San Antonio preparing to start a new drive. Favor is told that 51 year old Jubal Wade is going to run this drive as he owns over half the herd. He wants Favor as his ramrod. Favor planned to turn down the job but when Pete arrives needing $100 he lost in poker, Favor is forced to take the job. Wade's young, beautiful wife has wandering eyes first for Rowdy and then the young hand Church. On the trail Wade ignores Favor's suggestions which proves to be a mistake. Church leaves the drive and Favor receives a letter from San Antonia that Church ran off with Wade's wife. When Wade later learns about it, he and Favor head back while Favor has the men ignore Wade's orders about the herd due to Comanches. Wade faces down Church not realizing Church had forced Wade's wife to return. Wade sends his wife away penniless. Favor and Wade return to the herd learning Favor was right to ignore Wade's orders. Wade turns the herd over to Favor and returns home. Written by Anonymous

While herding strays, Quince comes across a man altering brands. Before Quince can pursue him a posse comes upon the site and charges Quince with rustling. Gil and Rowdy have only hours clear him before Quince faces a vigilante court.

Pete discovers a waterhole has gone dry overnight. Dan Fletcher from the area tells Favor a spring feeds it from above that never goes dry. Rowdy and Dan are sent to investigate. As they approach Dan's childhood home, they are fired on by Cal Fletcher, Dan's brother. The family house burned down the night before. Cal tells Dan Frank Travis has built a dam above to drive the Fletchers off their farm. At the Travis home Frank tells them water should flow again in a couple of days and he is sorry about the Fletcher home but he will release the water now. Cal tries to kill Dan with a falling rock but instead Rowdy's ankle is sprained. They take him into the Travis home where Frank's beautiful daughter Flora tends to Rowdy. When Favor and Wishbone arrive to treat Rowdy, Rowdy asks Favor if they can stay a couple days so the men can help rebuild the Fletcher home. Favor agrees but tension builds between Cal and Dan along with Frank and Flora. Ma Fletcher is forced to tell Frank that Cal is ... Written by Anonymousd

Entering dangerous Commanche Territory is a herd bound for Australia, whose only drovers are a wizened Ozzie, his stunning fiancée, and a huge Aboriginal. Gil helps strike a bargain with the Commanche chief for safe passage, but when a cowboy, having escaped from prison, is rejected as a drover, he offers the chief a scheme to seize both herds. The cowboy's half Commanche, and the Australian fiancée's his former grifting partner. Written by David Stevens

Pete Nolan escorts Wishbone to the town of Mineral Springs for some rest and healing due to Wishbone's sore back. While there Favor has Pete send a telegram to Sedalia, Missouri to check on beef prices. While looking for Wishbone at the mineral and mud baths, Pete meets the young rancher Paul Evans who he learns is confined to a wheel chair. Pete decides to visit Paul to talk about the trail drive and is surprised when Paul asks him to escort his wife Laurie to a barn dance she wanted to attend that night. At the dance she leaves Pete to spend time with another man named Jubal who is Paul's brother. Laurie plans to leave Paul with Jubal but Pete stops Jubal by knocking him out. Pete leaves with Laurie but during a stop she runs off the horse and buggy. The two are forced to spend the night camped out until Pete can find the horse and buggy the next day. That night Laurie tries to entice Pete to run off with her but fails. The next day Jubal is with Paul when Pete and Laurie return. ... Written by Anonymous

Favor and Rowdy are scouting ahead to find a trail for the herd, a trail that has water and grass for the cows and goes through the Lost mountain range. As they prepare to camp music leads them to a well dressed older man MacKay watching a ballet dance. Once the show is over he offers to show them a pass and water but leaves before they can return. Trying on their own the path is blocked by Indians as they mysteriously allow MacKay to pass. They return to Endicott where they hire Joel Turner as a guide. Barbara Fraser asks to join them to find her missing father but Favor refuses. In the mountains the men find Fraser on her own thrown from her horse. The next morning Joel finds two men trailing them but they kill Joel before he kills them. Without a guide the trio is lost with no water as are the two men who killed Joel. Tyree and Banning spot an Indian who is killed by Banning who in turn is killed. Tyree is taken prisoner while the trio follows an Indian to MacKay's mine where Tyree... Written by chipe

Near camp the men and herd hear a bugle scaring the men and the herd to stampede. As they near a major river, Favor sends Rowdy ahead with a group of cattle to water them. He finds the river blocked by gunmen and a request to visit their leader. Judge Brady with his naive son-in-law Capt. Donahoe demand a fee of $5.00 per head for the privilege of crossing. The demented ex-Judge is using his wherewithal, fantastic promises of building an empire in the West to keep his daughter Mary and husband there. Mary is upset with her husband who kowtows to the Judge's wishes in controlling the men. Rowdy returns with their demand. It causes Favor to decide to bypass the Jayhawkers and take a different route. The next morning Capt. Donahoe and men surround the drovers disarming them. Favor is told to move the herd to the river and taken to see the Judge. After being forced to eat with them, Favor is asked to dance by Mary who asks Favor to tell her the truth. Once learning it, she escapes with ... Written by chipe

Rowdy and Pete, scouting ahead on the cattle trail, come across a runaway horse-drawn wagon that is carrying a mother and her two teenage children. Favor insinuates himself into their situation. He has a doctor brought in from the nearest town for the ill mother, who soon dies. Favor learns that the family has a father who was jailed for bank robbery, but has escaped from jail and has a $1000 reward on his head. Favor and the trail drive's wrangler take the teenagers to town to be with their aunt, but soon a concurrence of events leads to an explosive conclusion: a pair of bounty hunters are trailing the family to find the father; the father has returned and is holding Favor hostage so his children will be delivered to him; the teenage girl refuses to leave with her fugitive father; and the bounty hunters are waiting outside to apprehend the father. Written by chipe

Rowdy gets involved in intrigue as he tries to warn an Army outpost about an impending outlaw attack.

Angry townspeople demand from Favor 1000 cattle (1/3 of his herd) or $15,000 because Thad Clemens, an erstwhile reputable Texas trail boss, took 1000 of their cattle on consignment but then disappeared with the cattle. Because Favor is also a Texas trail boss, they insist on holding him responsible for Clemens misdeeds. Favor learns that Clemens is in a nearby town, so he rides there to find Clemens, who won't tell Favor why, how or to whom the $15,000 went. Finding him spending his time in Miss Katie's saloon, Favor assumes he lost the money to her but she tells Favor he only drinks dime beer and never gambles. When Favor sees Lt. Cory Clemens enter the saloon followed by being erroneously accused of beating up Thad, Favor determines there is more to the situation. Cory admits to Favor he embezzled the money from the Army and did not know how his father obtained the money to repay the Army. Favor confronts Miss Katie who was not aware how the money was obtained but she has a bank ... Written by chipe

Rowdy and Pete are captured by Kiowas. An Army patrol tells Favor they are looking for Chief White Eyes, partly white, who was released to die with his people but escaped. Favor tells them he is missing two men. That night Gypsy, a fortune teller, says the men are dead and predicts his own death. White Eyes sends two men to Favor's camp to request a meeting but Gypsy mortally wounds one of them. White Eyes wants to leave a bequest of peace by heading to his old home to die as a white man so the settlers will not blame the Kiowas for his past warfare deeds. He asks Favor to help him reach Black Pass by hiding him from the Army in return for his men. Favor agrees but the scared Gypsy leaves only to run into Cal Stone who is hunting White Eyes for scarring his wife. Cal is forced to have the Army search Favor's camp but his wife refuses to identify White Eyes who is dressed as a drover. Later, she tells Cal it was White Eyes who saved her from a burning house after her father massacred a... Written by chipe

When the law refused to act against his wife's murderer because she was the wife of an Indian, Dr. Sky Blackstorm turned to a life of crime. Now he is returning to town and uses Pete and Mushy as pawns to regain custody of his son.

A vain, wealthy widow has a legitimate claim against Favor: the man she entrusted with 750 of her cattle decided to steal the cattle, and he turned them over to Favor to bring to market along with the other 2250 cattle in Favor's care. She initiates a lawsuit to claim her 750 cattle, but spitefully for her own amusement she is also demanding other damages that the local kangaroo court will accede to -- damages like forcing Favor to return the 750 cattle to San Antone. Upon the suggestion of her friendly lawyer, Favor dresses up and romances the woman, hoping to soften her up, with some success. Rather than lose everything (damages issue), Favor agrees to sell her the 2250 cattle (at a fair price) and have her jealous-lovesick-gunfighter-foreman and her brother take the herd to market at Sedalia while Favor keeps her company at her ranch. This results in a deadly confrontation. Written by chipe

Rowdy is framed for murder when a young practical joker's scheme to rob his father's bank takes a tragic turn.