San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force while expressing interest in the young widow Fanzler and sparring with attorney Pitt. Adam Kennedy appears as Dion Patrick, an Irish newspaperman who helps the local vigilante committee.
Episode 1
Arriving in San Francisco in search of gold, Dion Patrick is almost shanghaied to China.
Episode 2
A gold prospector is about to be hung for attempting to take back money from a dishonest poker player he thinks cheated him.
Episode 3
Vigilantes disagree on whether to try to lynch a man accused of robbing Dion Patrick.
Episode 4
When a reporter is murdered, Dion sets out to seek vengeance.
Episode 5
Rev. Spangler tries to help a young girl involved with notorious outlaws.
Episode 6
Thugs try to stop a group of Chinese immigrants from settling in the territory.
Episode 7
To silence witnesses against their boss, outlaws kidnap McGivern's wife, Martha.
Episode 8
Jack is shot by a renegade, and Dion tries desperately to get a doctor to help him.
Episode 9
The Vigilantes are helped by a boy in their struggle to capture the vicious Regulators.
Episode 10
Martin Donovan plays the deadly game of politics the only way he knows how to.
Episode 11
The vigilantes try to handle the problem of juvenile delinquency in San Francisco.
Episode 12
Eastern doctor's attempts to prevent a smallpox epidemic gets hampered.
Episode 13
A fight for tolerance and brotherhood in San Francisco by Lord Charlie.
Episode 14
Patrick and McGivern look for a gold shipment stolen by a poetic bandit.
Episode 15
The cowardly justice of the peace must face outlaw Blackie Stuart.
Episode 16
Banker Seth Woods implements a plan to prevent a threatened run on the bank.
Episode 17
Dion Patrick gets into a poker game with unusual stakes while trailing a killer.
Episode 18
Don Mariano Valejo is suspected of leading raids on Yankee settlements.
Episode 19
A plot to blackmail Alice Pritchard is uncovered, but the blackmailer is killed.
Episode 20
A Parisian couturier is ridiculed for his "unmanly" profession.
Episode 21
A series of duels is costing San Francisco some prominent citizens.
Episode 22
McGivern promotes a fight between Sorley Boy McDonald and the champion of England.
Episode 23
Marshal Matt Wayne looks for the men who killed his business partner.
Episode 24
Outlaws murder Father Holzer when he takes in a youngster who was helping them.
Episode 25
A Chinese laundryman confesses to a murder to get money for his family.
Episode 26
Matt unknowingly appoints a man hired to kill him as a policeman.
Episode 27
Matt Wayne investigates the robbery of $50,000 from prospector J Jimmerson Jones.
Episode 28
After a blackmailer is found murdered, his victims become prime suspects.
Episode 29
Doc Haley tangles with the owner of the water company regarding impure water.
Episode 30
Matt thinks twice before arresting Alonzo Hicks. Later, when Alonzo is in jail, Matt has to care for his wild son.
Episode 31
Matt investigates the suspicious death of a prominent citizen.
Episode 32
While investigating a murder, Matt uncovers a crime syndicate.
Episode 33
A prospector promises a girl her weight in gold if she marries him.
Episode 34
Mexican-American hostility stands in the way of a young girl's love.
Episode 35
Matt almost lands at the bottom of the bay while trying to catch a gang of shanghaiing sailors.
Episode 36
Dolph Parker finds himself getting more than what he bargained for after importing a woman from the East to be his bride.
Episode 37
A family feud involves Matt when the son is accused of robbery.
