En la cárcel de Sheridan, en el territorio de Arizona, hay un muchacho de tan sólo 18 años llamado Shelley, que es puesto en libertad a requerimiento de la esposa de Chris, el sheriff. Pero, inmediatamente, el joven se une a la banda del mexicano Juan de Toro y asalta un banco. Durante el atraco, Chris es herido y su esposa secuestrada por la banda de forajidos...

A sergeant officer lives a life of a loner, reads literary classics and dreams about acting. On his journey by train, he madly falls in love with a prostitute, but her pimp - another passenger on a train - is not willing to let her go, which makes their destiny tragic.

La película describe la vida de Eliza Williams desde su conversión en 1830 hasta 1892. En la misma se aprecia el valor, la fe y la perseverancia que los Santos de los Últimos Días tuvieron. Igualmente, se ilustra parte de la travesía que desde 1846 tuvieron los pioneros por gran parte del territorio estadounidense para instalarse finalmente en el valle de Lago Salado.

A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins.

Alcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did not do. The townspeople, fearful of Apache reprisals, plan to hang Williams in hopes of heading off an attack. But the attack comes and Hack, locked in his jail cell, is the only survivor as a massacre occurs. Into the scene of carnage arrives schoolteacher Nora Haynes. Together she and Williams must find a way to reach safety before another Indian attack. But the pair are by no means well-matched, and their trip alone across the desert is not destined to be an easy one.

A couple of artists travels through the Mexico desert to present their puppet show.