New neighbors move in across from the Douglas', but they are not neighborly. Steve tells everyone to try to get along, but he finds it difficult when he is involved in a fender bender with his neighbor as he backs out of his driveway.
Bud tries to avoid a bully at school, but Jim tells Bud he cannot avoid his problems forever. Jim suggests the boys get in a boxing ring to be sportsmen. Bud wins, and joins the boxing team. Soon, Bud starts to become a bully.
When a boy whose father was killed asks for help finding a ghost town before he goes off to live with his aunt, Annie becomes afraid for his and Tagg's safety.
When his grandson actually comes to visit him, an old prospector who has been writing to the boy with tall tales of his imaginary exploits, actually tries to live up to his tales by capturing an outlaw gang.