Jennifer DeSpain leaves home with her family and friends to settle in Colorado. Along the way, their train is held up by the Kissing Bandit. Settled in Colorado, Jennifer starts a newspaper which she tries to run herself. This proves too difficult and she eventually finds the support she needs from two men in her life, the Preacher, and Lance Rivers, a rancher.

Jennifer DeSpain's fortunes change when a miner strikes gold in her mine and her fiancé, traveling to stake new mining claims in her name, encounters a beautiful, scheming young actress who finds him very appealing.