James finds out a crooked banker is cheating the settlers, so he starts robbing banks and trains to raise money for them. Roy Rogers does double-duty as James and as a look-a-like outlaw
Clint Ross arrives in Cheyenne broke. Big Bill Harmon runs Cheyenne and impressed by Clint, Gets him appointed City Marshal. After having the Governor killed, Harmon now gets Clint appointed governor. He expects Clint to follow his orders but Clint has other ideas
In the newly annexed state of California, Rogers must battle the evil foreman of a Spanish Don's ranch, who tries to keep settlers out of the area by blaming crimes on them
Rogers is an insurance agent who goes undercover as a showboat singer to clear the name of an old man falsely arrested for a stagecoach robbery