Presents the adventures of a young cowboy during a cattle drive from Texas to the north. Information pages supply additional facts about life in the American West.
After miraculously surviving a Sioux Indian raid on the trail to Oregon, a brother and sister set out with few provisions to find the rest of the settlers.
Accompanying Slim and Little Alfred into town on a Christmas shopping trip, Hank and Drover run up against a gang of toughs so mean and heartless, it's a wonder they ever make it back to the ranch.
Duped into thinking the world is coming to an end, Hank the Cowdog winds up in town for some more adventures including getting in and out of a case of "soap hydrophobia.".