When wagons break off from a wagon train and begin to run dangerously low on food and water when they become trapped in a hot desert west of Salt Lake City.

The story of Death Valley's Aaron Winters, his wife Rosie, and their discovery of what's now known as borax is presented.

A young and bold bandit is robbing banks and businesses in a Sheriff's territory, and pressure mounts on the Sheriff to catch him, but despite his best attempts the Sheriff is always outsmarted.

Two groups attempt to outsmart each other while heading into the desert in search of the lost Pegleg Mine.

Mamie, the grocer's daughter, has some big plans to marry the suitor who corners the local egg market.

A hard-rock miner and champion driller is encouraged by a dance-hall girl to study law after he loses an arm in a shooting fracas.