Part of Ford Motor's AMERICANS AT HOME series--tells the story of the backwoods people who live in the beauty and awe-inspiring grandeur of the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee--panoramic shot of the Appalachian Mountains--cars going through winding roads up mountain--man sings folk song (bluegrass)--square dance party (country western)--boys and girls doing shores; feeding chickens, fetching water, cutting wood, helping mother w/ laundry, etc.--boys and girls in classroom--men cutting log for making cabin and shingles--boy tossing baseball into mitt as he walks--church choir sings--family makes their own sweetener the old fashion way w/ sorghum and sugar canes--man makes chair--woman using loom--woman in kitchen using modern appliances--electric generator near town helps to improve farm life--lumber industry--tobacco plantation--family eats together at dinner table.
Convicted killer Jim Holden is rescued from the sheriff by his gang, led by Mason and Riley. He is out to get the Hathaway Stage superintendent George Bannister, who was responsible for his conviction and learns the Bannister, his niece (Kay) and Hal Hathaway, son of the stage line owner, are on a cross-country stage.
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.
A hated country gentleman is murdered, and the inspector on the case takes the veiwer through his thoughts about the possible murderer and motives as he questions everyone concerned.
The millionairess aunt of Errol's previously married wife is coming to visit, and since the aunt is dead set against divorce, the wife prevails upon Errol to pose as the butler, and brings back her inebriated first husband to pose as her current mate.
Maggi continues her forever-ever efforts to crash Manhattan's top society, while Jiggs still mingles with his old construction cronies at the bar of Dinty Moore on 10th Avenue.
