- A young woman fights to keep her Wyoming sheep ranch from being overrun and destroyed by cattle ranchers.
- Kate Price goes through life with her mother Jezebel, who runs an unruly roadhouse. Her mother hits the bottle, and Kate pleads "no more to drink tonight." Pete Mullendore, a half-breed customer, intercedes on behalf of Jezebel, sneering "are you going to let that child the bottle away from you?" Later, Mullendore attacks Kate while in a state of drunkenness. Kate goes to live with Mormon Joe, who kindly takes her in. She becomes his partner in sheep herding. Soon, the town gossips start calling her "Mormon Joe's Kate."
An easterner named Hughie Disston arrives in town and meets Kate and Mormon Joe. To win a wager, Disston invites Kate to attend a dance. At the affair, Kate is shunned by the others. On the way home, Disston tells Kate he loves her, and when his college career is completed, he will return for her. But Joe is unconvinced, and warns Kate: "You stay away from these city dudes after this. He took you to the dance on a bet." That night, Mullendore kills Mormon Joe and Kate is accused of the murder. However, Kate is released because of lack of evidence, but the townspeople are unmoved and uninterested in finding the real killer. "I'll run down the murderer of Mormon Joe, if it takes me a life time," Kate declares. She meets with a local official and says "I want to know what you are doing to catch the murderer of Mormon Joe." "Nothing," he replies, "and you better drop it and beat it out of this town."
Instead, Kate eventually becomes wealthy, but the townspeople are still against her. When Disston returns, he finds that she has changed, so he returns to the city. Mullendore, who is now a wealthy sheepherder, makes trouble for Kate. But when Mullendore is mortally wounded in a fight, he confesses to murdering Mormon Joe. The townspeople finally come around to Kate's side, and the fighting shepherdess is also reunited with Disston.
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