After Lucas accuses a newspaper writer's misleading articles of causing an innocent man's death, the writer begins writing articles about Lucas.
Earp's brothers, Virgil and Morgan, return to Dodge City to invite Earp to go with them to Tombstone, Ariz. When the Clanton gang shakes up a hotel and pressures a rancher to settle a debt, things escalate into a brawl.
Slade is hired as a bodyguard to protect a singer whose life has been threatened.
Before she dies, the widow of a bandit Lucas shot arranges for his death, offering a $100,000 prize.
Cowboys believe that the townspeople of Ellsworth insulted Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. Lee.