Wild West Chronicles

Marshal Chris Madsen helps newly appointed Judge John Burford escort a wagon of untried prisoners to the town of Beaver Creek, in the heart of Oklahoma's lawless No Man's Land. The lawman and judge aim to establish the territory's first courthouse, but the citizens of Beaver City are used to taking justice into their own hands, and they are deeply suspicious of any official law and order. Madsen and Burford set up a makeshift courtroom inside a rowdy saloon and face down a vigilante posse bent on executing the prisoners before they get their day in court. Years later, gunfighter-turned-reporter Bat Masterson catches up with Judge Burford to find out how he survived the harrowing ordeal and won over the townsfolk.

Desperate to find a new marshal after losing the last three in three months, the gold mining town of Yankee Hill, Colorado, runs a newspaper advertisement to find someone brave enough to restore law and order. Former slave and Union soldier Willie Kennard answers the ad, but skeptical town councilmen won't give him the job until he proves his worth. Without hesitation, Kennard walks across the street and arrests the town bully after gunning down two of his henchmen. Next, Kennard must stop Billy McGeorge and his gang from robbing trains and passengers of newly mined gold. Unable to recruit a single deputy to his cause, Marshal Kennard must make his stand alone. Years later, a friend and employer of Kennard implores reporter Bat Masterson to write about the trailblazing marshal before his heroic story is lost forever.

When outlaw John Wesley Hardin murders a sheriff, hard-charging Texas Ranger John Armstrong teams up with cool-headed police detective Jack Duncan to track down the killer. Armstrong wants to use brute force to squeeze Hardin's location from his family members, but Duncan convinces him to embrace a more cunning approach using methodical investigative techniques. Their teamwork eventually leads them all the way from Texas to Pensacola, Florida, where Hardin is gambling under an alias. With the help of local law enforcement, Armstrong and Duncan track Hardin to a train depot and prepare to take him dead or alive before the train pulls out of the station. Years later, Armstrong shares the story with gunslinger-turned-reporter Bat Masterson and credits Duncan with bringing the outlaw to justice once and for all.

Former convict George Contant travels to a California ranch, seeking a fresh start with his brother, John Sontag. But George is surprised to find John and the ranch owner, Chris Evans, making plans to rob the Southern Pacific Railroad. Despite his misgivings, George agrees to help his brother, but the train robbery yields a disappointing amount of loot. When U.S. marshals arrive at the ranch to arrest the gang, a desperate firefight breaks out, resulting in the death of a lawman. The gang escapes into the mountains sparking one of the largest manhunts in California history. After taking shelter behind the crumbling walls of Stone Corral, they make their final stand against a hail of gunfire. Years later, a reformed George Contant tracks down gunfighter-turned-reporter Bat Masterson to tell his side of the story.