Bart Cutler is reported in the area at the same time Jessica Boyd is in Laredo visiting her brother-in-law, Ed Parmalee. Problem is that Bart Cutler is really Frank Parmalee, Ed's dead Civil War hero brother putting the Rangers in a bind.
Cletus Grogan is convinced he's a jinx because disaster follows him everywhere. When Joe is captured by bank robbers, and his fellow Rangers appear to be in a crossfire, Reese pretends to allow Cletus to rescue him to break the curse.
Parmalee sends each of the four Rangers one by one to evict a family from their home. A railroad has bought the property but the Rangers are distracted by the freewheeling family plus they learn there may be an unforeseen complication.
When an Apache is seen over the dead body of a woman who befriended him, everyone assumes he is guilty. He refuses to speak for himself but the Rangers question his guilt. As part of the jury Joe is only one to question his guilt.
After a judge and hangman are killed on their way to the reading of a will of Jake Ringo who was hung, Parmalee receives a similar invitation. He takes Chad and Erik along hoping to recover the money Ringo stole and arrest the others.
Parmalee sends Chad, Joe, and Erik after the AWOL Reese and the Gully gang who is terrorizing the Comanches and civilians. A Comanche boy orphaned by the Gullys, wounds Reese but Reese comes to adore the boy only to run into Gully's gang.
Reese's enlistment in the Rangers is up. He decides to use reward money to buy Texas land and leave the Rangers. The land is covered by water filled with deadly alkali. The Rangers decide to help Reese recover his money.
The Rangers are after Johnny Rhodes plus they must help with a gold shipment from Mexico. After a dust up with Johnny Rhodes, Reese has amnesia and is mistaken for Rhodes. Chad and Joe are tracking Rhodes finding Reese playing Rhodes.
An experienced eastern constable comes to Texas to show the Texas Rangers how modern police techniques can be used to do their job better. He doesn't help his case by stating most Texas Rangers are dirty and untrustworthy.
The rangers are sent to bring in the Jamison gang after one of them turns informer. However, Reese is hearing wedding bells when they help a widow and her two kids who are in distress.