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Death Valley Days Season 16 Episodes
Season 16 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party
Sat, Oct 7, 196725 mins
Shanghai Kelly works a side job filling ships with shanghaied sailors. He counts on long sea voyages to insure his "clients" don't come back after him. His fiancé sets him up to retire early.
Episode 2
Chicken Bill
Sat, Oct 14, 196725 mins
Chicken Bill (Dub Taylor) owns a silver mine that isn't paying out. He salts his mine to get his competition to pay off his old debit and fund his future.
Episode 3
Let My People Go
Sat, Oct 21, 196725 mins
The Chumash Indians, enslaved by Spanish soldiers in early day California, rebel against their captors. Their leader Paconio realizes they are trapped in the mission and talks with the Padre to find a solution.
Episode 4
The Lone Grave
Sat, Oct 28, 196725 mins
John Hail honors his wife's dying wish and returns to make a solitary journey to place a headstone on her remote grave.
Episode 5
The Girl Who Walked the West
Sat, Nov 4, 196725 mins
Sacagawea leads the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Episode 6
The Informer Who Cried
Sat, Nov 11, 196725 mins
Jim Murphy is about to be sentenced when Texas Ranger Captain Peak offers him a deal in exchange for his freedom. He must help capture bandit Sam Bass dead or alive but fellow gang member Barnes is suspicious of his return.
Episode 7
Spring Rendezvous
Sat, Nov 18, 196725 mins
At a gathering of trappers Kit Carson takes on a belligerent man, who has insulted the Indians, in a series of contests.
Episode 8
Lost Sheep in Trinidad
Sat, Dec 30, 196725 mins
Sister Blandina comes to the aid of a wounded robber in the rough frontier town of Trinidad when no one else will. As she works to comfort him she learns he is a friend of the notorious Billy the Kid.
Episode 9
The Saga of Sadie Orchard
Sat, Jan 13, 196825 mins
The Orchards get the contract to deliver silver in the isolated town of Hillsboro. After her husband is waylaid and beaten by bandits, Sadie takes over as the stage driver.
Episode 10
The Indiana Girl
Sat, Jan 20, 196825 mins
A tomboy changes her ways when she meets the handsome constable of a mining town.
Episode 11
Prince of the Oyster Pirates
Sun, Jan 28, 196830 mins
Jack agrees to buy French Frank's oyster boat but only if he spares Scratch's life. French, a violent man, vows vengeance when he loses his girl Mamie to Jack. Jack must outwit and diminish French as a hooligan.
Episode 12
The Friend
Sat, Feb 17, 196825 mins
An inexperienced young man hears about a planned ambush on the sheriff and vows to help.
Episode 13
The Great Diamond Mines
Fri, Feb 23, 196825 mins
A prospector and his partner try to con a banker.
Episode 14
Count Me In, Count Me Out
Sat, Feb 24, 196825 mins
Count Peter is a charming rascal in Old California who expects to marry the beautiful heiress of a wealthy Don. But first he must serve a brief stint in a jail he designed and clear up a misunderstanding that might get him killed.
Episode 15
Dress for a Desert Girl
Fri, Mar 1, 196825 mins
While her husband Zeb looks for gold, Cynthia lives in isolation in Death Valley. Although he has promised they will eventually leave, Cynthia begins to give up hope and her health fails. Zeb hopes a new dress will help.
Episode 16
Britta Goes Home
Sat, Mar 2, 196825 mins
Gustaf Olaffson eagerly awaits the arrival of his future bride Britta from Sweden. Heading to Gustaf's sod house, Britta becomes disillusioned about her future. Visiting with Dan and Mary Brown, other Dakota homesteaders, help her overcome her fears.
Episode 17
Bread on the Desert
Sat, Mar 2, 196825 mins
Two Americans on their way to Santa Fe are captured by Mexican troops and held prisoner until an Indian woman comes to their aid.
Episode 18
Green Is the Color of Gold
Wed, Mar 6, 196825 mins
Aaron brings his new bride Rosie to Death Valley where his place is isolated and rundown. Aaron continues a futile look for gold but as Rosie is about to leave him, he discovers another mineral to make them wealthy.
Episode 19
Out of the Valley of Death
Thu, Mar 7, 196825 mins
During the California gold rush, a wagon train led by Asa Bennett tries to take a short cut to the mining fields but gets lost in the desert waste east of the Sierra Mountains. With all their draft animals dead from lack of forage, two young men are selected to find a settlement and bring back food and water before the remainder of the party succumb to privation.
Episode 20
The Gold Mine on Main Street
Fri, Mar 15, 196825 mins
Jesse declares the middle of Main Street is the place to find gold and is seemingly correct after the mine is successful. But his backers in town become increasingly suspicious when their questions go unanswered.
Episode 21
A Friend Indeed
Fri, Apr 5, 196825 mins
Ten years after the events described in "Out of the Valley of Death", Asa Bennett is persuaded to join an expedition to find the Lost Gunsight Mine, a legendary vein of silver in the heart of Death Valley. Running low on water, the men decide to return to civilization, but when they awaken they discover Charley Alford is too drunk to walk. Leaving the old man to his one devices, Bennett and his other partner arrive safely, but when the old desert rat doesn't turn up two days later, the man who rescued Bennett, Wiillam Lewis Manley, insists that a rescue mission be undertaken.
Episode 22
The Thirty-Caliber Town
Fri, Apr 12, 196825 mins
The story of how the Winchester repeating rifle helped to bring law and order to a new north Idaho town. An epilogue featuring host Robert Taylor and Lester Shadduck, the mayor of Winchester, Idaho, was shot on location in 1967.
Episode 23
The Other Side of the Mountain
Sat, Apr 13, 196830 mins
Wagonmaster Lassen faces an unruly mob when he tries a new route to California in the 1840s and is overheard saying he may be lost.
Episode 24
By the Book
Fri, May 10, 196825 mins
Two young ladies move to Colorado to prove their land claim, but the local land manager intends to own it himself. Two brothers are enlisted to hinder the women, but find their charms irresistible.
Episode 25
The Pieces of the Puzzle
Sat, May 11, 196825 mins
"The Baron of Arizona," James Reavis, files a claim against the government.
Episode 26
Tall Heart, Short Temper
Fri, May 17, 196825 mins
Pike has a terrible temper and his fiance Angela breaks off the engagement after too many altercations with the townspeople. He heads off with his partner to trap, vowing to stay calm to win her back but an encounter with Indians changes things.