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Death Valley Days Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1952 - 1953
Episode 1
How Death Valley Got Its Name
Wed, Oct 1, 195225 mins
A group of wagons leave a wagon train to head due west from Salt Lake City. Soon they find themselves trapped in a hot arid desert with their food and water diminishing rapidly.
Episode 2
She Burns Green
Fri, Nov 14, 195225 mins
The California desert is taking it's toll on Rosie and her husband Aaron after months of failure at mining. She is ready to return to her parents when they find an unexpected mineral on a dry lake bed that could make them wealthy.
Episode 3
The Death Valley Kid
Wed, Dec 10, 195225 mins
A young, bold, bandit is robbing banks and businesses in a Sheriff's territory. Pressure mounts on the Sheriff to catch the bandit. The Sheriff plots to catch him but is always outsmarted. The Sheriff is determined to catch the bandit.
Episode 4
The Lost Pegleg Mine
Fri, Oct 17, 195225 mins
Jeanne De Courcey's family has been looking for the Lost Pegleg Mine for many years. Peter Trumble also wants to locate the mine. Peter uses Jeanne's little brother Robby to get every edge that he can to find the mine first.
Episode 5
The Little Bullfrog Nugget
Wed, Oct 15, 195225 mins
Mamie Jaggers is one of the only single women in the mining town of Bullfrog, Nevada. All the men are vying for her attention and she can't decide which one she wants to marry.
Episode 6
Self Made Man
Fri, Dec 12, 195225 mins
Lew Barry is a rock drilling champion and has lots of plans for the future. He is shot and loses his arm. His dreams appear to be fading as his self pity is growing. Will Lew's dreams ever be realized?
Episode 7
The Chivaree
Wed, Jan 7, 195325 mins
Jay Keniston Phipps, Jr. has come west to hunt for moths. He finds his moths but he also finds a girl. After he is married he is determined not to succumb to the Chivaree that follows.
Episode 8
The Little Dressmaker of Bodie
Wed, Nov 12, 195225 mins
In the small High Sierras town of Bodie, a modest seamstress has settled down unnoticed. But what the townspeople do not know is that this woman used to be acclaimed as Tiger Lil, the star singer of Virginia City, during the gold rush days. Her life was turned upside down when her lover dumped her. Devastated, Tiger Lil gave up singing and after taking on a new name, took refuge among them...
Episode 9
Cynthy's Dream Dress
Tue, Mar 3, 195325 mins
Cynthy lives in the desert but wants to get out and experience the finer things in life especially a silk dress. She is in love with Zeb but he has no money. She takes a chance on love in hopes that the finer things will come.
Episode 10
The Rival Hash Houses
Tue, Feb 3, 195325 mins
Steve Bassett runs the only restaurant in a miner's camp, when he finds healthy competition after Melodie Marshall opens a rival eatery that quickly empties his tables. But Ms. Marshall must choose between success and romance when gold is discovered on a property she acquired from Bassett.
Episode 11
The Lady with the Blue Silk Umbrella
Fri, Jan 9, 195325 mins
After the divisive issue of statehood for California is resolved, a woman and her daughter sail to the Sunshine state, hiding the official statehood documents from ruffians who seek to destroy them.
Episode 12
Swamper Ike
Tue, Feb 3, 195325 mins
Sal and Laurie are in love, but Laurie believes that a marriage between an Indian and a white woman can't work. When Sal's mother dies, he receives information that he might be white. He sets out to prove he is white and win Laurie's hand.
Episode 13
The Bell of San Gabriel
Tue, Mar 17, 195325 mins
When young Miguel saves the lives of a rich man and his daughter, he is given a bag of silver coins as a reward. When he donates the silver to the local bell foundry to sweeten the tone of a new church bell, his mother is mortified. But Miguel doesn't realize that the gift will return in full when, as a priest he is lost in the desert many years later.
Episode 14
Claim Jumpin' Jennie
Tue, Mar 31, 195325 mins
Jennie has a bad reputation as a claim jumper, and trouble is brewing when she and another miner argue over the rights to a rich strike. But more trouble is in store for Jennie when her daughter arrives unexpectedly, with the idea that her mother is a wealthy mine owner.
Episode 15
The Bandits of Panamint
Tue, Mar 31, 195325 mins
While fleeing a posse in Death Valley, two outlaws discover a rich vein of silver. Since they're too well known to file a claim, one of the bandits convinces his girlfriend, Gwen, to file for them. Gwen goes a step farther and arranges for a U.S. Senator to arrange for immunity for the two bandits in exchange for the claim and cash. When Wells Fargo claims the money for past hold-ups, the crooks decide to go back into the robbery business, but the senator and their girlfriends have other ideas.
Episode 16
Sego Lilies
Tue, Apr 28, 195325 mins
A young woman has trouble adjusting to the rough prairie after her Mormon husband is called to settle a new "Zion" away from Salt Lake City. The longer she stays there, the more she wants to leave until she finally has to take desperate measures to get what she thinks she truly wants.
Episode 17
Little Oscar's Millions
Tue, Apr 28, 195325 mins
Odd little man named Oscar Little wins big at a land auction in the new frontier town of Rawhide, Nevada. With the help of a kind stranger, he turns a ten-dollar investment into over $20,000. After a narrow escape from a thieving dance-hall girl, Oscar makes his way home to New York. Here, he rescues his grateful brother and family from financial ruin. Though the family believes Oscar is still rich, he takes his leave, penniless, and returns to the West.
Episode 18
Land of the Free
Tue, May 26, 195325 mins
Zack and Zeke are slaves from a plantation in Louisville when they overhear a guest talking about gold in California. They ask their master to allow them to buy their freedom by digging for gold.
