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Wagon Train Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
The Willy Moran Story
Wed, Sep 18, 195760 mins
Major Adams runs into a former boxing champ and Civil War comrade Willy Moran in Kansas City who has become a drunk. One of wagons needs a second driver so when faced with being dropped from the wagon train, the owner hires Willy as his backup driver. Willy is befriended by Mary Palmer over the objections of her uncle and has an extended streak of sobriety. However, the man he works for in reality is part of an outlaw gang who wants to steal a load of powder and ammo on the train. The owner and his partner are forced to discredit Willy when he stumbles into their plan. Adams believes Willy has gone back to drinking but when the train is attacked Willy is sober and takes decisive action to stop the attackers.
Episode 2
The Jean LeBec Story
Wed, Sep 25, 195760 mins
Flint arrives as the train is making final preparations to leave St. Joe. In the saloon Jean LeBec thinks he has a winning hand against Bill Hammond the son of the owner of most of the town. He sells his Strad violin for $200 to win the pot to pay passage for Mary Claiborne, her servant, and himself. Mary noticing his violin missing goes to the saloon to buy it back. As Bill tries to make a pass at her, Jean walks in stopping it but is challenged by Bill. Bill shoots first but Jean kills him as Flint and the Marshal walk in to see it was self-defense. Mark Hammond forbids the merchants of St. Joe to extend service to anyone from the train because Adams will not surrender Jean. Therefore, the wagon train may get a late start west. Adams knows any delay now will prove costly later on. Flint helps Jean escape. Learning Hammond still will not open the stores, Jean returns with Flint to give himself up although he faces certain hanging. He is doing it for Mary who he loves but feels he cannot provide for her properly since he lost his musical talent after the war. Mary makes one last effort to convince Hammond to change his mind by telling him she loves Jean. Flint and Adams make an unnecessary try to free Jean as Hammond tells them to make Jean marry Mary.
Episode 3
The John Cameron Story
Wed, Oct 2, 195760 mins
John Cameron's wife Julie has little regard for husband who gave up an easy life in Philadelphia to take her to California to start a new life. Julie makes a play at Flint who rebuffs her. Three Jayhawker brothers come into camp looking for a good time and she obliges much to her husband's dismay. The next morning she has left with them and John takes off after her. While buffalo hunting Flint notices buzzards overhead and finds John shot in the leg. After patching up John, the two take after John's wife. They find the brothers are killing each other over Julie and eventually rescue her. She finally realizes she loves John but John also realizes he can't keep her trapped with him. When the surviving brother returns for her, John kills him but not before his wife is shot by the Jayhawker.
Episode 4
The Ruth Owens Story
Wed, Oct 9, 195760 mins
Jimmy Drew arrives at the train looking for his sister Ruth. He was told in St. Louis at a saloon that she was seen with the train after she left there. When he tells Lank Carr where she was from he tells Jimmy no woman with that background could be on the train. As the argument heats up, Lank pulls a knife and tries to stab Jimmy who shoots and kills him. Lank's blind uncle hears the confrontation. Jimmy is caught and saved from a lynching by the Major. Jimmy's sister Ruth who is remarried to a school teacher spots him and tells Jimmy that she did have a past she has tried to put behind her. Jimmy is so hurt he decides not to defend himself until his sister tells the truth at the trial. Jimmy then gives his defense and the uncle and brother confess about hearing the fight and hiding the knife. Ruth is relieved to learn her husband does not care about her background.
Episode 5
The Les Rand Story
Wed, Oct 16, 195760 mins
Trouble ensues when paroled convict Les Rand returns home after seven years to settle a score with his once alcoholic father. Believing that Dr. Rand was solely responsible for the death of his beloved Pawnee wife, Akiya. Meanwhile, Flint seeks the help of Dr. Rand after the cook is severally injured by a collapsed wagon. But the townsfolk prejudice towards Indians, warn Flint of a notorious gunslinger Les Rand, and that Dr, Rand is out of town on errands. Waiting for the Doc's return, Flint befriends Les despite the townsfolk attempt to pit one against another, to hide the truth of Akiya's death. Meanwhile, Les rekindles his old flame for Evie, adopted mother of his seven-year-old son Mike Rand.
Episode 6
The Nels Stack Story
Wed, Oct 23, 195760 mins
The wagon train has a decorated Civil War veteran, Nels Stack, who has become a pacifist. He has several wagons in the train and frequently clashes with others in the train who were on the Rebel side of the war and who don't understand his unwillingness to fight. They spot smoke from a burned wagon. They find a young woman who survived but her parents and brother were killed. The train finds itself stopped by a low river when they can't find a crossing and Flint is away looking for the Army to help. Nels loses a cow to the Indians and finds an old warrior left to die along the dead cow. He brings the warrior back to camp against the objections of the others and advice of the Major. He feeds the warrior and after a nasty fight with his main nemesis on the train Nels frees the warrior with a horse and food. Just before the train is attacked by Indians the warrior shows them a safe path across the river allowing the wagon train to escape.
Episode 7
The Emily Rossiter Story
Wed, Oct 30, 195760 mins
A man is killed and a wagon raided on the train. Money and title to lands in California are stolen. Feathers and a tomahawk indicate Indians did it but the theft of a crucifix from the dead man indicates white men to Flint and the Major. Flint is sent to track them down and recover the lost items. He finds Judy Rositer and her mother who was forced to marry a rather coarse man after her husband was killed in a raid. The husband, Ned, is suspected by the Indians of leading the raids and when Judy shows Flint the medal stolen from the dead man, Flint starts looking for the stolen items. The wife helps look and after Flint finds them, he decides to take the two women to the wagon train. However, Ned and his friends give chase forcing a gun battle. Luckily for Flint, his Pawnee friends are on Ned's trail as well and lend a hand.
Episode 8
The John Darro Story
Wed, Nov 6, 195760 mins
The wagon train picks up an old drifter named Briscoe on the trail who claims to have been on a wagon train several years earlier that had been massacred by Indians and abandoned by John Thurmond. John Thurmond is part of the train with his wife and son but under the name John Darro. When Briscoe and Darro meet, Briscoe exposes who Darro is. This leads to the rest of the train wanting to drop him and his family from the train. Then, while Briscoe is on guard duty Indians are suspected of stealing some livestock and taking him captive. While a scouting party is out looking for Briscoe and the livestock, Darro discovers Briscoe had not been taken captive but had gotten drunk and wandered off in the opposite direction that the men from the wagon train had been looking, so he tracks and finds Briscoe. However, Briscoe attracts the Indians and they are captured. McCullough locates the camp and the two men are rescued with Darro having to kill one of the Indians and being the calm one of the captives.
Episode 9
The Charles Avery Story
Wed, Nov 13, 195760 mins
When the train hears gunfire, the men find an Army wagon being attacked by what appear to be Comanche Indians. The Army is escorting the daughter of an Indian Chief back with a peace treaty offer from Washington. The Major sends Flint with the three remaining soldiers to help guide them. Flint is forced to fend off attempts by one of Army men to molest the girl and he recognizes that Lt. Avery leading the group does not have the best of intentions. Despite Flint's best efforts, the group is attacked by Indians who are not Comanche but renegade members of the girl's tribe who do not want her to return or a treaty. Once they reach the Indian camp, Flint learns that Avery's folks were killed by the Chief but his attitude has soften due to the girl's attitude toward him.
Episode 10
The Mary Halstead Story
Wed, Nov 20, 195760 mins
The Laramie Kid's gang captures a young man Tom who steals a gun and fatally wounds the Laramie Kid. They try to hang Tom but a posse forces the gang to leave him. The wagon train finds Tom and Mary Halstead who is looking for her abandoned son nurses him back to health. She has only a few months to live and has come west to see what progress the lawyer Ferguson has made in finding her son Earl. Eventually events lead Tom to realize he killed Mary's son Earl who was the Laramie Kid. Tom tries to hide the truth about Earl from Mary but Ferguson tells her the truth. The gang captures Tom and Mary is forced to try to save him.
Episode 11
The Zeke Thomas Story
Wed, Nov 27, 195760 mins
The wagon train comes to a location where water was available for the taking in the past. They find a new town there and a group of men extorting money for the water. When Flint and Zeke Thomas enter the town to see about water, Zeke learns his first wife he thought was dead is there. The Major decides to go for the US Marshal to determine who has the right to the water. Zeke is blackmailed by the "mayor" of the town over his first wife and Flint is left to calm Zeke's new wife who thinks Zeke suddenly has a secret. Zeke decides to pay the blackmail but his first wife refuses to divorce him. Before the Major returns, the men of the train decide to take the water and after learning his new wife is pregnant, Zeke decides his only option is to kill his first wife.
Episode 12
The Riley Gratton Story
Wed, Dec 4, 195760 mins
Riley Grafton is a con-artist who has a knack for getting into and out of trouble. After escaping a potential tar and feathering, he runs into the wagon train stalled by a high river. He served in the Army with the Major. Riley meets Sarah Dawson and her brothers and takes a liking to Sarah but that doesn't prevent him from selling worthless land to them and Mr. Bxby as they think he is a good friend of the Major. When they and the Major learn the land is worthless, the Major tracks Riley to a nearby town where Riley lost the money the night before in crooked games. Riley steals the money back but in so doing puts the Major's neck at risk when the bar owner catches the Major.
Episode 13
The Clara Beauchamp Story
Wed, Dec 11, 195760 mins
As the train nears Indian territory the Major sends Flint to greet the Indians and the Colonel at the nearby fort. A group of replacements troops mistakingly kills a brave who Flint finds. The Chief sends Flint with a message that he wants the responsible soldier sent to him. At the fort the Colonel's wife is bored and unhappy with her husband's lack of promotions. When the Colonel invites the Chief to the fort so he can apologize to the Chief, his wife insults the Chief starting a war. When she realizes what she has done, she attempts to stop the war before the train is attacked.
Episode 14
The Julie Gage Story
Wed, Dec 18, 195760 mins
Julie Gage's father becomes ill with a fatal fever. The fever has everyone scared but the Major and Tobe Cannon take care of laying out her father. Julie is quite attractive and now alone so the Major with urging from others starts pairing Julie with single men to help her drive the wagon and take care of the maintenance on it. Julie is not interested in them for work or otherwise but when Tobe is convinced to help she accepts it. Tobe comes down with the fever and Julie with some help from the Major is left alone to tend to him for several days. When the women start taking issue with the arrangement, Julie has the Major "half marry" her to Tobe. When Tobe recovers, he is still not interested in the other "hal" of the marriage, yet.
Episode 15
The Cliff Grundy Story
Wed, Dec 25, 195760 mins
Flint's talkative friend Cliff Grundy joins the wagon train supposedly to stake a claim to a gold strike he found. During a buffalo hunt, Cliff is severely injured during a stampede and not expected to live. The train has to move on so Flint decides to stay with Cliff until he dies. Craig Manson volunteers to stay to help but his real desire is the location of Cliff's gold strike. When a Sioux Indian spots them and Cliff continues to linger and improve, Manson dumps their water supply and leaves Cliff and Flint stranded on foot. Cliff heals enough to walk and the two man strike out for the nearest fort. A lack of water and bear attack almost kills them but they are rescued. They find Manson who has not fared as well and Flint learns about Cliff's "gold strike".
Episode 16
The Luke O'Malley Story
Wed, Jan 1, 195860 mins
Flint goes into a nearby town for supplies and encounters Luke O'Malley who may be the only other man in town who is not at the hanging of his "friend" Dan Romero. Romero believes Luke cheated him at cards for $20,000 and turned him into the law but neither is true. When Romero's gang helps him escape, Luke takes his two kids and leaves town fearing revenge from Romero. He masquerades as a widowed minister and joins the wagon train. The Major and others learn Luke is a fake and think he is working with Romero. They take Luke prisoner but he escapes and tries to ward off Romero but is captured with Flint by Romero. Flint escapes and warns the train while Luke's kids try to gain Luke's release.
Episode 17
The Jesse Cowan Story
Wed, Jan 8, 195860 mins
Jesse and Bob Cowan return from the war to find the Beals have burned out and killed their family in the continuing Beal-Cowan feud. The Beals have gone west in a wagon train so the Cowan boys go after them. As they near the train, Bob is wounded by Indians. The Cowan boys join the train and Jesse spots Sally Jo Beal. Both have adored each other from afar but the feud has kept them apart. Rufus wants Sally Jo to marry a Beal cousin but she will have nothing to do with it. A fight between Rufus and Jesse is broken up by the Major leading to the Cowans and Ance Beal calling a truce but Rufus refuses to abide by it. When Ance dies, the Beals plan to leave to return home to the valley but an Indian attack stalls them and leads to unplanned consequences for both families.
Episode 18
The Gabe Carswell Story
Wed, Jan 15, 195860 mins
Flint finds Gabe Coswell and son Jess camped after they left Gabe's adopted tribe of Arapaho Indians who are starving and preparing to attack the wagon train. Gabe wants to take his son away from the Indian life. However, Jess wants to stay with his mother's tribe and hates the whites. The trio joins the wagon train but some of the members insult Jess and Gabe causing Jess to steal away and steal Flint's 15 shot Henry rifle. Gabe and Flint chase Jess and Flint makes an offer of goods for passage but the Medicine Man will only agree to Flint finding buffalo which have disappeared. Flint takes a hunting party out and with Gabe's help escapes but Jess attacks Flint leaving him to die stealing his gun again. Gabe finds and releases Flint as a buffalo herd is heard. Flint is able to prevent the Indian attack but Jess's hatred for whites puts Gabe in a conflicting situation.
Episode 19
The Honorable Don Charlie Story
Wed, Jan 22, 195860 mins
The train stops near Dobe Flats where the passengers are invited to a dance by the town. Julie Wharton and her aunt meet Don Charlie who is a gambler, liar, and womanizer. All of the men find Julie very attractive and Charlie is no different. Julie is smitten with Charlie who cons a soldier into holding the train up due to Indians so he can continue to woo Julie. However, when Julie becomes serious about Charlie and wants to marry him and stay at Dobe Flats, he worms out of it by saying he is married to Tottie who wants to marry Charlie or his rival Frank. The Major and Julie's aunt are against her staying. Charlie realizes he wants to go with Julie but Tottie has other ideas.
Episode 20
The Dora Gray Story
Wed, Jan 29, 195860 mins
Flint and Hawks find a man killed with new Army repeating rifles so Seth sends Flint ahead to scout for Indians. Flint finds Doc Lockridge camped with the stunning Dora Gray stating he is selling blankets. Dora is on her way to San Francisco. Flint camps with them overnight and while they sleep he discovers Doc has a load of Army rifles and he had been signaling to Little Horse his position. Flint takes them prisoner and heads them for the Fort but Doc escapes. Flint decides to take Dora to a smaller nearby outpost against her advice. At the outpost Flint learns the soldiers there traded the rifles to Doc and Flint is taken prisoner. The Lieutenant in charge takes Flint out to kill him but is interrupted by Little Horse looking for his rifles. Dora escapes the outpost looking for Flint and becomes trapped in the fight with the Indians beside Flint.
Episode 21
The Annie MacGregor Story
Wed, Feb 5, 195860 mins
The wagon train stumbles upon the MacGregor clan alone with a broken wagon wheel. The patriarch of the clan, Angus, refuses any help and their group had left an earlier train due to cultural differences and the MacGregor's love of bagpipes. Jason Campbell finds himself attracted to Annie MacGregor and quietly works to have the MacGregors join the Adams wagon train. Meanwhile Flint returns with a Kiowa captive and news they may be planning to attack the train in a narrow pass ahead. The MacGregors travel with the train until a fight over the bagpipes erupts. Angus decides to travel alone following the Adams train. Flint's worries about the Kiowas proves to be real but the Kiowa soon face the MacGregor's "evil spirits".
Episode 22
The Bill Tawnee Story
Wed, Feb 12, 195860 mins
After a fight at a trading post Bill Tawnee is knocked out. His wife has stopped on the prairie worried about him when the Adams wagon train spots them. After offering help, Adams learns the man is Bill Tawnee who was a highly decorated Sergeant and scout for General Sherman in the war who Adams served under as well. Bill recovers and decides somewhat reluctantly to stay with the train. Braggart George Barry is caught embellishing his own military history when Bill is asked about the same incident infuriating Barry. At the same time Mrs. Kirk takes Lianna, Bill's wife, and their son under her wing as she misses her own daughter and grandson who died in Kansas. Tension grows between Barry and Tawnee when Bill finds Barry's missing rifle. Barry thinks Bill stole it causing Bill to leave camp alone when he nearly kills Barry. Outlaws have scouted the wagon train planning to steal their horses and do so. One group of men find some of the horses while another group with Barry in it find Bill camped accusing him of stealing the horses until Adams intervenes. Bill continues on but spots the outlaws and horses. He kills the outlaws and returns the horses to he wagon train.
Episode 23
The Mark Hanford Story
Wed, Feb 26, 195860 mins
Mark Hanford returns from college at New Orleans to his dad's outpost to find that his Cheyenne mother left his father, Jack, when she learned he was marrying a white woman from St. Louis. She returned to her tribe and starved herself to death. Even though Jack is leaving his wealth to Mark, Mark decides to prevent his father's marriage and takes Ann from the wagon train to the Cheyenne encampment under false pretenses. He has decided to live with the Cheyenne and keep her as his squaw. Jack threatens to raid the camp to take her back which would start an Indian war. Flint acts as a go-between and wins Ann from Mark but she decides to stay with Mark with whom she is smitten. Jack holds visiting Sioux Indians hostage forcing Mark and Ann to return to Jack resulting in a showdown between father and son.
Episode 24
The Bernal Sierra Story
Wed, Mar 12, 195860 mins
Mexican revolutionary Bernal Sierra escapes the firing squad in Mexico where he was questioned about his friend Miguel who was buying guns. Later, Bernal joins the wagon train when he encounters it at night. He finds the wife of Miguel there married to a gun runner, Casey Reardon, who is accompanied by his two brothers. They are taking a load of brandy to California. An attempt is made on Bernal life resulting in Bernal wounding one of the brothers he believes tried to shoot him. Bernal catches Perdita in lies about Miguel's death and asks about the gold Miguel had. Bernal suspects Casey and the group have the gold but his attempts to find it fail and Casey's death seems to end the issue - maybe.
Episode 25
The Marie Dupree Story
Wed, Mar 19, 195860 mins
The gorgeous Marie Dupree is going west with her elderly father and servants. They have left a destroyed life in the south and Mr. Dupree has mental lapses. Wiley Howard who is leading a different train meets Marie while riding and he is an old friend of Adams. Marie falls for Wiley even after her father tells her is a hot tempered rogue. Wiley likes Marie but is unwilling to marry her. When Marie learns this, she turns her attentions to the young and naive Antonio who has always adored her. Wiley senses that Marie is taking advantage of Antonio and tells Antonio so. Antonio doesn't believe it until Wiley confronts Marie in front of Antonio telling her he will marry her and she tells the truth. Antonio confronts Marie and his actions put all three people in jeopardy.
Episode 26
A Man Called Horse
Wed, Mar 26, 195860 mins
A law clerk in Boston hopes to marry his boss's daughter but is spurned by her father and her because he was an orphan. He heads west to make a new life and finds himself the prisoner and slave of a Crow Indian tribe. He takes the Indian name Horse and plots his eventual escape which is foiled by a horse. Events lead to him becoming accepted as part of the tribe after killing an enemy Sioux warrior. He eventually marries the sister of his captor. Together they try to return to the white world but she is spurned. They return to the Crow but his bride dies in child birth. He finds his bride's mother and the only mother he knew dying. He finds the wagon train and asks for their help to save her. While she rests, he tells his life story for the first time to members of his own race.
Episode 27
The Sarah Drummond Story
Wed, Apr 2, 195860 mins
Flint is sent to mail letters for the train and buy the Major gum drops. On his return trip a massive rain storm forces him to stop at a home to see if he can take shelter there. Jeb Drummond and his expectant wife Sarah agree to feed him and let him sleep in the barn for which he gives Sarah the Major's gum drops. The next morning when Sarah realizes the baby is coming, Jeb refuses her the services of a midwife. However, Flint goes after the midwife at Sarah's urging. The midwife is the wife of Walt Archer who leads the community in hating Indians due to the death of his father at their hand and the catatonic state it put his mother in. When the baby is born, it reveals that Sarah was raped by an Indian and that Jeb wants Sarah to give the baby to the Indians. Walt makes it worse by saying Sarah should have killed herself. Flint decides to intervene with Archer but what he uncovers accidentally is a life changing event for everyone.
Episode 28
The Sally Potter Story
Wed, Apr 9, 195860 mins
The Army asks the Major to take Sally Potter to San Francisco but he is concerned the young pretty girl will cause problems. She is willing to work so the Major asks the Bennett family to take her to help ease the load on Mrs. Bennett with their sick son Jimmy. Joe Trubell and his orphaned nephew Matt are in the wagon behind the Bennetts. Matt finds the active and pretty Sally of interest to the dismay of his uncle Joe. When Matt tries to see Sally, Joe forces him away as he has his own interest in her. When two gamblers join the train temporarily, Sally's past is revealed to Joe. Both Matt and Joe intervene when one of them tries to push his attentions on Sally. Both Joe who has wealth and Matt who has nothing propose to Sally leading to confrontation and Sally trying to decide which of three men she wants to be with.
Episode 29
The Daniel Barrister Story
Wed, Apr 16, 195860 mins
A runaway team throws Jenny Barrister from the wagon and injures her severely. Her husband Daniel refuses medical aid for her on religious grounds and their daughter died earlier on the train for lack of medical care. The other members of the train are enraged by his actions so the Major sends Flint to a nearby settlement for a doctor while moving the train closer to the town. At the town Flint finds a smallpox epidemic has broken out but a young 25 year old doctor recently out of medical school is vaccinating the people and has it under control. Dr. Culver rides to the train but Daniel refuses his services. Dr. Culver asks the Major to move the rest of the train on and leave the Barristers in his hands. It remains to be seen if Dr. Culver has the wits to convince Daniel that he should be allowed to attend to Jenny and whether he can heal her.
Episode 30
The Major Adams Story: Part 1
Wed, Apr 23, 195860 mins
The train stops to allow Adams to spend time at the grave of the woman Ranie Webster that was Adams's love before he went to war. He has multiple levels of flashbacks as he remembers going off to war wanting to marry her but she refused until he returned. Adams and Hawks went to war together and met Wooster there as a replacement in their unit. Adams was severely wounded saving Hawks. When he thought he wouldn't survive he decided not to response to Ranie's letters leaving her to think he was dead so she married. Adams recovers from his wounds and returns home to find Ranie married. He along with Hawks and Wooster go west. On one of the trips, Ranie joins the train to the surprise of Adams who learns her husband has died but she still loves Seth.
Episode 31
The Major Adams Story: Part 2
Wed, Apr 30, 195860 mins
In the second part Ranie and Col. Hillary join the wagon train. Ranie plans to leave later to join her sister and brother-in-law. Hillary tries to court Ranie but her interest is with Adams. Hillary tries to scare Adams away by telling Adams that his style is to take what he wants. Ranie rides with Bill and Emily Hawks who are close friends with Adams. Emily tries to help Seth in his attempt to woo Ranie but Ranie has a secret that she doesn't want Seth to know. She has a lung disease that is getting worse. When Ranie continues to spurn Hillary, he tries to take her in his arms and kiss her but Adams breaks it up. Hillary pushes the issue into a fight in which Seth almost kills Hillary. When the beaten Hillary pulls a gun, Hawkes is forced to shoot and kill Hillary. Seth tells Hawks he has decided to leave the train and marry Ranie - not knowing her secret.
Episode 32
The Charles Maury Story
Wed, May 7, 195860 mins
Juliette Creston and family is on the train leaving their destroyed southern plantation after it and the family were ravaged by Yankee troops. That along with the death of her fiancé in the war has left her with a hatred of anything related to the North. Captain Charles Maury leads a group of ex-confederate marauders who refuse to give up the war. They join the wagon train in Union blues they stole but Flint and Seth are suspicious of them. The rebels are driven off but Maury is wounded. Juliette hides him and tends to him seeing him as her savior until he leaves days later. She goes after him but in his camp finally realizes the war is over and leaves as she sees the men for what they are. When Maury realizes the group has no future and says so, the men rebel leaving Maury to decide on his future.
Episode 33
The Dan Hogan Story
Wed, May 14, 195860 mins
When the train arrives in a small but wild town Adams finds an old friend Dan Hogan. Dan is a great boxer but refuses to wear a gun. He was a constable in New York City who has come west with his wife and family. Hs friend Cliff is in debt to Jason Rance who wants Cliff's cattle herd. The local Marshal wants Dan to be a deputy as he thinks he can control the town and Rance. Dan declines but when he takes a stand against Rance for Cliff, he finds himself facing Rance or leaving town. His wife convinces him to leave town much to the chagrin of Adams and the citizens of the town. Dan is at peace with his decision until he learns Cliff has been killed.
Episode 34
The Ruttledge Munroe Story
Wed, May 21, 195860 mins
Flint encounters Ruttledge Munroe in an unorthodox fashion and is then asked to join the train. Adams gives him the okay and introduces him to two other men who recently joined. Munroe comments that the men seem nervous and may be wanted but Adams says they have caused no trouble. Munroe sensing a problem with the men pushes them into trying to leave and stealing Adams's money. Munroe kills one saving Adams's life. He takes a shine to pretty young Ruth Hadley who has a baby with her and was found hiding on the train. Munroe's interest in her forces her to tell Adams that her husband may have sent Munroe to kill her and the baby. Munroe tries to force Ruth to accept him and when she asks a young man on the train to get a message to Adams, Munroe kills him. After the incident, Adams forces the whole truth from Munroe which turns out to be a surprise for everyone including Adams.
Episode 35
The Rex Montana Story
Wed, May 28, 195860 mins
SPOILERS: At Salt Lake City the train encounters Rex Montana and his wild west show. He is a hero due to dime novels written by Clyde Winslow which started based on the Bear Tooth Pass Massacre involving Rex Hankins using details given to Clyde by Rex. Due to the success of the book and others Clyde found Rex who could shoot but was otherwise a somewhat despicable person to create the wild west show. They kidnapped Loetha, an Indian girl from the Paiute Tribe whose country the train is crossing as it leaves Salt Lake City plus they found a Cherokee Indian Chenwakee to play her dad. Loetha is in love with Rex but he has eyes only for other women. In Salt Lake City Clyde spots Rodney Miller who he later learned was the real hero of the Bear Tooth Pass Massacre but Rodney has lost his mental facilities due to the massacre. His brother Bill tends to him and when he learns Rodney met Rex he tracks Rex to the train but Rex kills Bill. This drives Clyde to decide to put things right with the Indians and his audience but it may lead to danger for the wagon train.
Episode 36
The Cassie Tanner Story
Wed, Jun 4, 195860 mins
Flint scouting helps Cassie Tanner fight off a Paiute Indian attack. She asks to join the wagon train as she is headed for California where the men are. She is an older crusty woman dressed as a man that everyone mistakes for a man. After joining the train it becomes clear that she has her eyes on Major Adams as her "man" while she rebuffs any attempts by Charlie to talk to her. This becomes a major nuisance to Adams but a comical delight to the others. As the problem escalates, they decide to see if Clee might be an option but Clee is ahead of them with his eye on her. They are on the edge of the main desert where they will be out of Paiute territory but they need fresh horses. Flint tries to get through but is wounded and returns to the train. Cassie tells them she is the one to go as she knows how to trade horses and Adams must stay with the train. Her and Clee with several men go after the horses but return to find the train under a major Indian attack.
Episode 37
The John Wilbot Story
Wed, Jun 11, 195860 mins
Since Flint is still recovering from a shoulder injury from an Indian arrow, the Major takes over the scouting duties and lets Flint run the train while they cross the desert Shoshone territory. Flint's first dispute is the desire of the rabid abolitionist Thaddeus Field for Roy Pelham to remove permanently his Confederate flag. Flint resolves the issue by noting it is after dusk so no flag should fly. However, it does not settle Mr. Field's issue with Roy courting his daughter Harriet. Harriet tries to avoid Roy and turns her attention to John Wilbot who is an avid reader of books with good looks but a pronounced limp. Her girl friends are also attracted to him and "borrow" one of his books on Shakespeare. Harriet and her father find a news story in the book about the death of John Wilkes Booth. Mr. Field jumps to the conclusion that Wilbot is really Booth and asks Flint to put him in chains. After much discussion on the train and a threat to split the train over the issue, Wilbot confesses to being Booth. When the train is attacked by Shosones, they release Wilbot to help fight. However, at the end the only question resolved is the future of Harriet.
Episode 38
The Monty Britton Story
Wed, Jun 18, 195860 mins
Flint, scouting, discovers the next two water holes are dry and the third one is poisoned but not before it kills his horse. Adams looking for the overdue Flint finds him dehydrated and out of his mind. The option left is for a rider to go to Fort Paiute for help but no one but Flint knows the route. Adams, Garth Redmon, and Rev. Sumpter have long suspected that Monty Britton may be a deserter but he denies being in the Army and his wife Betty has not refuted it. Monty in discussions with Adams reveals he has seen maps of the area and that they need someone to go to Fort Paiute. Adams does not trust Monty and asks Garth who is single to go but he refuses. Monty is tormented about what to do and when the train is down two canteens of water, he takes it and the best horse on his own to go for help. After a sandstorm, the train receives help from the Fort and everyone learns the truth about the nearly dead Monty who rescued them.
Episode 39
The Sacramento Story
Wed, Jun 25, 195860 mins
The wagon train has reached Sacramento and is preparing to disband. Julie Revere and her mortally ill father have made it and Mr. Revere wants to see the land he bought when he was in California previously. Julie with the aid of Flint finds the property which had been prime farm land flooded with mud due to hydraulic mining up river. Flint and Julie take Mr. Revere to see his "land". It is a different piece of property but upon seeing it Mr. Revere dies. Mr. Revere bought the property from Mort Galvin who owns much of the town including the hydraulic mines. Flint confronts Galvin but he has Flint carted away and shipped to San Francisco to be put on a China bound ship. Friends Flint met on the wagon train trip help rescue him and confront Galvin.
