 Following the Civil War, the U.S. government sets out to find a gang opposing the construction of telegraph lines in the west. They suspect Braden (Trevor Bardette), who had formed a guerilla band and destroyed the telegraph service during the war. Government agent Steve Duncan (Charles Starrett), who also works undercover as The Durango Kid, starts to run down the gang with only a picture of Braden for a clue. Steve is ambushed by an outlaw and left for dead but is rescued by Smiley (Smiley Burnette), who takes him to a trading post ran by a man named Miller. Steve recognizes Miller as Braden, who tells him he is being falsely accused of crimes actually committed by Sloper (Douglas Fowley.)