Rowdy's going to Wichita to seek justice after two of his drovers are shot, trying to stop a lynching of two Hispanics in former slavery stronghold, Clay County, Missouri, 5 years after the end of the U.S. Civil War. The Kane father/son hanging party killed the accused to revenge the beating death of the abler of the Kane brothers, serving time in the local jail with the lynched men. The surviving brother tried to stop both the lynching and the shooting, but father Morgan refused the disabled Jethroe's pleas. New trail boss Rowdy takes the surviving trail-hand, along with his new Black steer-puncher Simon, to the local sheriff, but he's in cahoots with the Kanes. Written by David Stevens

Jed, scouting for water, is ambushed by a stranger, Danny Hawks, who thinks Jed is out to steal his horse. Fast talking gets Danny to follow Jed back to the main herd and a meeting with Rowdy Yates the trail boss. After some reservations Rowdy agrees to take the man on. Jed becomes obsessed with Danny's horse. That night a group of men ride into camp led by Nat Benson, claiming Danny is a horse thief, and they want to string him up. Yates refuses to cooperate till they get a warrant. Days pass and everyone working the herd gets progressively edgier. Benson reveals he is riding ahead of the herd and poisoning the waterholes. Yates rides out to confront him but is captured and held hostage by Benson. Hawks decides to try and rescue Yates. As night falls Hawks finds Benson and kills him. Yates believes Hawks planned it all along and drags Hawks to town to face a judge. Hawks tries to escape but is shot and killed by Yates Written by glen_chapman chapman_glen@yahoo.com

Rowdy eats crow and his regular crew might get no pay, because they show up late to a new owner's roundup. Trail boss Rowdy must complete this drive in six weeks or get no fee, plus the deal includes the rancher's foreman Lash as Segundo. The flexibility and principles Rowdy learned from Gil Favor, conflict with ramrod Lash's attack mode. Lash bulls the steer-men hard, makes good time, and plenty of enemies too, including starving Arapaho, who Lash drives off before they can even plead for some tender beef, for their families back at the reservation. The Arapaho warriors track the cattle drive, for the right moment to rustle what they need - by force. If they take tough old Lash too, Rowdy, nursing cracked ribs, won't mind. Written by David Stevens

A mine cave-in traps Simon and Quince, after Rowdy sent them in to check out the shaft's stability, before the drive ventures through the ravaged mountain pass adjacent. In the quarry, a bear-like creature attacked Quince, then Simon's gunshots at the beast caused the cave-in. Cowhands Ed and Jerry, who aren't pulling their weight on the drive, come forward with a way to free the drovers before they perish from gas. Ed already scavenged gun-jell from the abandoned mine camp, and claims to know how to blast the rubble away - but only for a $500 fee. With no other help close enough, trail boss Rowdy agrees. Written by David Stevens

The men spot a group of Cherikowa braves following the herd. Several of the men including Wishbone and Jennings don't trust them. They are led by Jacob Yellow-Sun who appears to be white. Rowdy approaches the men to see what they want. Jacob tells him they want cattle for food. Being short of men Rowdy offers to hire the braves to help drive the herd to the river where he will pay them with cattle. Against the wishes of Quadero, Jacob agrees to the deal. Mistrust fills the air as Rowdy offers to share supplies. When an older brave is caught stealing flour, Jacob offers to cut off his ear but Rowdy dunks his face in the flour ending the dispute in a peaceful manner. Rowdy learns that Jacob had one grandmother who was Cherikowa but he joined the tribe due to being an outcast with whites. As they approach the river, Jacob and the men learn Quadero had left to lead a group of Pawnee to the herd. The Pawnee are enemies of the Cherikowa. The drovers are forced to fight the Pawnee on their ... Written by Anonymous

After seeing two prime horses, Rowdy gave a $100 deposit for more horses to the Gufflers. He rides out to the Guffler homestead to find a corral of rundown horses that are worthless. He asks for his $100 deposit to be returned but instead Ma Guffler says a deal is a deal. She has her sons take Rowdy hostage sending son Max to the drover's camp to tell them she wants $3000 or Rowdy will hang at sundown. They ride back to her place but she won't bargain while Rowdy tells them to not agree to her demands. Dissention prevails among the members of the family. Rowdy tries to convince the dimwitted Max and the unrelated Billie Lou to help him escape but to no avail. Unable to raise money and finding it hard to approach the homestead unseen, Jed develops a plan to have Wishbone use homemade explosives to distract the Gufflers while the others rescue Rowdy who has a noose around his neck. Written by Anonymous

Jud, Quince, and Simon go to Mexico buying 200 head of cattle for $400 to take north with the main herd to sell for extra cash for the men. While returning with the cattle, Colonel Vasquez with several men take their cattle. The men want $4000 for the cattle so Vasquez pays them 40,000 pesos but in new bills that are not valid under the Mexican government. Outnumbered they have no choice but to take the pesos. While Quince and Simon return to the herd north of the border, Jud goes to a nearby town to see if he can exchange the pesos. The American Baker controlling the town is holding Maria Vasquez, Col. Vasquez's wife, hostage hoping to catch him. Vasquez comes for his wife but Jud foils his attempt but is jailed for helping Vasquez. He and Maria escape getting across the border to the herd. The next day Vasquez comes for his wife threatening the herd if she is not returned. Wishbone tells Jud Maria does not want to return to Vasquez. Once Jud confirms this, the drovers prepare to ... Written by Anonymous

The drive is worried about a storm so Rowdy decides to ask about using a sheltered area on the Webster ranch. Cassie Webster tells him her husband died three years earlier and he is not welcome on the ranch. At camp they discuss what to do as they are short on supplies to reverse direction. The mayor, Mel Thorner, and saloon owner Talbot from Broken Bluff ride into camp with an offer. They will provide supplies on credit and free beer if the drovers stay in the area two days to vote in an election on women's suffrage. The drivers quickly agree but find themselves in the middle of a battle between Cassie who was forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of eighteen to fifty year old Webster versus Talbot and Thorner. They want to keep the vice in town with the tax income it brings in while Cassie wants reform. The men are forced to try to move the herd onto the Webster place but the women stop them with fire and smoke. Talbot unsure of a victory decides to burn Cassie's ranch ... Written by Anonymous

While scouting someone takes several shots at Jed but he is unable to see the shooter. Returning to camp he tells Rowdy. Not knowing if it is Comanches, Jed decides to go back out to look for any trouble. That night Rowdy and Wishbone catch Marshal Dickson sneaking into their camp. He tells them he is after Jed for a murder in Missouri. The men have an uncomfortable feeling about Dickson so Rowdy rides out to intercept Jed. Jed recognizes Dickson but says he was cleared of the murder charge. Jed decides to run rather than risk going back with Dickson who he doesn't trust. Dickson, upon learning Jed is gone, decides to take Rowdy in for helping Jed. The Sheriff knowing Dickson puts Rowdy in jail. Meanwhile, Jed finds a wagon attacked and three people killed by Comanche on the planned route for the herd. He returns to warn Rowdy but upon learning Rowdy has been arrested Jed decides to give himself up rather than run. Rowdy is released but he and the Sheriff decide to send a telegram to ... Written by Anonymous

The sadistic top hand of the rancher Rowdy is delivering cattle to bullies and humiliates one of the drovers when the young man shows interest in the rancher's daughter. Despite Rowdy and Jed's attempts to talk him out of it, the young drover is determined to avenge his honor with a duel. Written by rbecker28

Rowdy fights to drive his steers across the Red River without getting into a range war between ruthless carpetbagger Duke Aberdeen, and Southern gentleman Major Buford. A raid into Pennsylvania ravaged the Duke's town. Most of Rowdy's crew fought for the Confederacy - but they don't want to chomp on the past. So when Buford's son Court ground-drags one of the Duke's hired guns, Rowdy cuts the rope. Because Court's mother died after their Virginia plantation was torched, the young hothead wants revenge. Rowdy's agreed to take Buford's beef into his herd. Duke controls the Cattlemen's Association, so his gunmen act as its stock inspectors, claiming that many of Buford's stock are rustled, because their original brands appear blotted out. Written by David Stevens

Rowdy Yates, was ordered to sell a hundred prime beef by an Army Regiment but he refused to give them up without payment in gold, landing him in a fight with the Lieutneant who having the drop on Yates winged him with disabling effect. Later, when the Lieutenant returned with with his Captain, Jed Colby as next up boss sold them 100 head accepting a signed requisition under duress and was told to redeem it at a Fort Broxton 40 miles ahead. Turns out the whole regiment was a bogus cattle rustler outfit and our drovers had to fight it out with them to keep the herd. Very engaging show worth watching and see how they wound up fighting it out etc. Written by JP

A rattler spooks trail-guide Jonas who falls over a cliff as does Rowdy trying to rescue him. Jonas' son Aaron throws a rope to save Rowdy, not his father, because Jonas has become an embarrassing slacker. Jonas fakes injuries from the fall to weasel out of leading the herd across a dangerous river, which Rowdy dares to cross, rather than venture a pothole-ridden mountain pass urged by Jonas. When Rowdy finds a blotto Jonas malingering with liquor stashed under his bedroll, he fires both father and son. Back home Aaron eloquently prophesies that Rowdy will need them to forge the river quicksand. Jonas bolts onto a bender, proving he's neither saint, nor Nephite, selling a third of Rowdy's herd to a conman. Childless Rowdy's Oedipal abandonment issues surface via his brotherly concern over Jonas' motherless son when Rowdy describes his own history to Aaron which is similar. Aaron tries to find a crossing but has to be rescued from quicksand while the Sheriff arrives wanting one third ... Written by David Stevens