The Roaring West

Montana Larkin and Jingle Bob Morgan, cowpunchers and partners, ride into new territory to join an impending land rush. They have with them a mail order catalogue, which contains a map giving the location of valuable mineral deposits, which they expect to secure by location at the time of the land rush.

Montana helps Mary and the other victims of the accident to safety. Gillespie rides on to locate the claims and has filed on nine mineral claims by the time Jingle Bob and his friends arrive, and a general free-for-all fight is in progress when Mortana rides up with gun in hand. Gillespie offers to let Parker and Mary share in the property provided the daughter will marry him at once.

Escaping from the ruins of the jail, Montana joins Jingle Bob at the Parker ranch and the two plan to start out in search of Clem, who has been kidnapped by the Gillespie gang during the saloon fight and taken to a deserted ranch in Hidden Valley. Happy, a cowboy delegated by Parker to guide Montana discovers Clem is imprisoned in the cellar.

The Gillespie band rides off with Clem who refuses to disclose the location of the gold deposits. Mary meets her father and several of his men, and all hasten to the Hidden Valley ranch, where Montana and Jingle Bob are emerging from the ruins. Steve, found wounded in the brush, confesses that the band killed Trask, the man Montana is accused of murdering.

Montana is saved from the stampeding herd by his horse, Silver. Fearing capture, Gillespie and his men withdraw hurriedly. Returned to the caves, Gillespie and Clem strike a bargain, though neither intends to keep it. Clem agrees to point out the location of the gold deposits. Montana and Jingle Bob overtake the Gillespie band, a free-for-all fight ensues and the horse beating Clem runs away.

Montana escapes, Steve overhears and reports that Gillespie and Brett are planning to attack a wagon train at Lizzard creek owned by Bill Hardy, brother-in-law of Parker. Ann's father, Blackie, a rascall's freighter, reveals that Hardy has been wounded and rides in one of the wagons.

The powder explosion before Montana's wagon does nothing except unseat two of the out riders. The powder wagon finally blows up destroying the members of Gillespie's gang who are on it. Montana gets the wagon train running at high speed for Sicomoro, both to prevent another attack and to get Hardy to a doctor.

Montana and Parker land in water at the bottom of the shaft, though Parker is hurt. Gillespie's men again kidnap the unconscious Clem, and Jingle and others lower a rope to Montana & Parker. Mary returns to the ranch with her injured father. Leaving his men to continue the search for Clem.

Montana rescues Clem from the burning ranch house and Happy and Mary start for the Parker ranch with the old man. The next day Ed Yountis calls son Brett to bargain with him to supply meat to Kirkland, contractor of the new railroad from Auburn to Sicomoro. Remembering his failure at rustling cattle, Brett refers Yountis to Parker.

Montana & Clem are rescued by Jingle and the Parker's men. Clem insists that they go out at once and file on the gold territory and since it is in the timber on the Pine Ridge, where logging operations are already in progress, all dress like lumber men and start out - Montana, Mary, Parker and Clem. A spy reports this to Gillespie, and he and his band start in pursuit.

Montana, with Mary in his arms, throws himself to protection under some logs, but Parker is hurt by flying debris and Jingle Bob is buried under rolling logs. Clem drives Mary and Parker to the ranch, their departure being reported to Gillespie by one of his henchmen. Mary's team is frightened by a mountain lion and runs away. The rig is wrecked near the home of Tim Huston, a friend of Gillespie

Having only pretended he was shot, Montana mounts Silver again and rides on. Mary almost collapses when she hears that Montana has been shot, and Clem finally assures Gillespie that he will take him to the mineral deposits when he receives proof that Mary and Parker have been delivered safely to their ranch. Gillespie agrees.

Montana has again, pretended to be shot. At this instant, Jingle Bob, Clem, the land agent and the sheriff enter through the back door with guns drawn, completely surprising Gillespie and his men. The latter escapes, however, when the bartender shoots out the lights.

Montana, Mary and parker are unhurt. Parker decides to return to the ranch and replenish supplies, and sets out with Montana, Mary and Ann, while Clem and Jingle Bob do some prospecting on the claim. Discovering that his party is followed by the Gillespie band, Montana rides off alone.

Montana ropes the maddened bull, runs to Mary's side and lifts her over the corral fence out of danger. Clem decides on a last effort and strikes a rich pocket from which he and Jingle extract a fortune in a few hours. Gillespie and his men, learning of this decide to hijack the gold wagon on its way to the bank in town, but Montana outwits them.