Wagon Train

Season 4

TV-PG

Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.

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38 Episodes

Wagons Ho!
E1
Wagons Ho!While preparing to return to St. Joseph, the men read the story "Wagon Ho" written and printed by Samuel T. Evans about his trip as a naive young Irishman headed west and his experiences and adventure on the trail.
The Horace Best Story
E2
The Horace Best StoryAdams' "distant" cousin Horace arrives hoping to be a wagon master. His trading skills allow him to steal the crew and vendors from Adams but when Adams confronts him with the decisions he must make on the trail, there are second thoughts.
The Albert Farnsworth Story
E3
The Albert Farnsworth StoryArrogant British Colonel Albert Farnsworth causes an uproar in camp and puts the wagon train in danger of Indian attack, resulting in the capture of a young girl by the Cheyenne and the mortal wounding of his long time aide.
The Allison Justis Story
E4
The Allison Justis StoryWhen someone yells horse thief, Flint shoots a man only to find he is the husband of a childhood friend. Flint learns the man is mayor and highly respected. The question of whether he killed an innocent man bothers him and the man's son.
The Jose Morales Story
E5
The Jose Morales StoryBill Hawkes is leading 3 wagons through Indian territory. They run into trouble with Mexician bandits lead by Lee Marvin. When the 2 groups must band together to fight off an Indian attack, certain biases & assumptions are thrown away.
The Princess of a Lost Tribe
E6
The Princess of a Lost TribeOrdered by Major Adams to guide three passengers to a campsite up a haunted mountain, Flint does so but with caution: rumours that an escaped group of Aztecs now live there, almost 400 years after Cortez wiped them all out.
The Cathy Eckhart Story
E7
The Cathy Eckhart StoryOne murder begets a second murder while a treacherous journey awaits the wagon train. An unknown scout and Kiowa Indians threaten the pass. Now there may be a renegade and murderer in their midst which Adams must resolve before continuing.
The Bleymier Story
E8
The Bleymier StoryHeed the signs! Or so says Samuel Bleymier. When the rains won't stop a splintered group of the wagon train has to travel through a Sioux Indian burial ground. That may have consequences all its own but what of the signs?
The Colter Craven Story
E9
The Colter Craven StoryDr. Craven feels he can't perform surgery any longer. When he joins the wagon train and his services are desperately needed, he realizes he may be wrong after Major Adams gives him a history lesson.
The Jane Hawkins Story
E10
The Jane Hawkins StoryFlint discovers a badly wounded waitress on the range and takes her to a doctor, where he finds the evil town's owner wants to hang her without trial, because he suspects she murdered his son.
The Candy O'Hara Story
E11
The Candy O'Hara StoryGabe Henry and his son have been sorely missing the female touch over five years now. Finding a wife during a stopover is his top priority but his choice is known to Major Adams and he does not approve.
The River Crossing
E12
The River CrossingA green Army Colonel wipes out a village of Comanche women and children thinking he is getting revenge. The wagon train must face on the one side a swollen river they must cross or a Comanche chief on the other who seeks justice.
The Roger Bigelow Story
E13
The Roger Bigelow StoryRoger Bigelow turns to the ministry with his father's help when he realizes what he might become without it. He gets the chance to help someone else on the wrong path but Major Adams is not sure the reverend is helping the right person.
The Jeremy Dow Story
E14
The Jeremy Dow StoryWhen the wagon train passes through town, habitually drunk Jeremy Dow finds that his past has caught up with him. His choices: continue running, or face the demons from his past when he is confronted with this wife and son on the train.
The Earl Packer Story
E15
The Earl Packer StoryWounded Bill Strode arrives in camp looking for Flint. Strode, who saved Flint's life in Abilene, asks Flint to help him get to Fort Kearny. Flint learns the itchy Strode is being hunted by bounty hunter Earl Packer and Strode has changed.
The Patience Miller Story
E16
The Patience Miller StoryA Quaker schoolteacher heads to the Arapaho nation on the wagon train when her husband is killed. She meets the Chief and his willingness to fight another Indian nation puts her right in the middle of each tribe's pride and customs.
The Sam Elder Story
E17
The Sam Elder StoryA retired Captain and ten boys join the wagon train on their way to California. Hitching a ride was all he thought he was involving the boys in until he meets one man on the train with a secret resentment.
The Weight of Command
E18
The Weight of CommandBill and Major Adams plan on going hunting with a friend but when he is not home they suspect a renegade party of Cheyenne who have broken the peace treaty and the wagon train may be their next target.
The Prarie Story
E19
The Prarie StoryThe story of the women of the wagon train and the unforgiving prairie through which they pass. Who will endure, and who will give up? Who will live, and who will die?
Path of the Serpent
E20
Path of the SerpentAt a Rocky Mountains fort , a wounded soldier asks his old friend Ruddy Blaine to bring his daughter to him before he dies. With the Ute Indians on the warpath, Blaine will have to take a dangerous route known only to him and the Shoshone.
The Odyssey of Flint McCullough
E21
The Odyssey of Flint McCulloughLooking forward to some time off, Flint heads towards the town of Monument but runs into an old man and some kids whose parents were just massacred by some Mescaleros and they're running low on supplies especially milk for the baby.
The Beth Pearson Story
E22
The Beth Pearson StoryThe leaders of the wagon train are taken aback when they see a woman asking to join the wagon train who is the twin of Major Adams one and only love who died in his arms.
The Jed Polke Story
E23
The Jed Polke StoryWhen Flint brings a stranded woman and boy to the train, her husband who went off to find help is also found but his return to the train sets off tempers when four men recognize him and their only thought is murder.
The Nancy Palmer Story
E24
The Nancy Palmer StoryA married couple use the wife's innocent face and winning way with children to gain the trust of their companions on the wagon train so that they won't be suspected when the husband pulls off a bank robbery nearby.
The Christopher Hale Story
E25
The Christopher Hale StoryFlint meets Chris Hale alone on the prairie. Hale has just found his entire family massacred by Indians, and Flint asks him to join the wagon train. However, the company that owns the wagon train has hired a new wagonmaster, Jud Benedict. Benedict is a ruthless and brutal tyrant who puts time above all other considerations, and does not care how many people are left behind or even die in the process of heading to the final destination as soon as possible. He has also hired unscrupulous gunmen to enforce this goal by brutalizing slower people, or anyone who stands up to him. It is revealed that Hale has also been a wagonmaster, but has retired from the job and does not ever want such a responsibility again. Still, people on the train are looking to Hale to stand up to Benedict.
The Tiburcio Mendez Story
E26
The Tiburcio Mendez StoryTiburcio Mendez and his group of Californios stop the wagon train because they want to keep settlers out. A judge traveling with the train believes a peaceful resolution is possible, but not everyone wants peace.
The Nellie Jefferson Story
E27
The Nellie Jefferson StoryWhen actress Nellie Jefferson joins the wagon train, her incessant demands for special treatment come to grate on Hale and Hawks, but Wooster is totally smitten with her. Meanwhile a fanatical man from her past is following her, talking about how she will meet her fate like the biblical Jezebel.
The Saul Bevins Story
E28
The Saul Bevins StorySaul Bevins, a blind doctor traveling with his son, his sister, and his dog, asks to join the wagon train. Many others on the train object that he will slow them down, but Hale agrees to let him ride at least until the next settlement, at which time the entire wagon train will vote on whether he should continue. On the way Bevins is forced to overcome many obstacles.
The Joe Muharich Story
E29
The Joe Muharich StoryPolish immigrant Joe Muharich tries to befriend and hopefully straighten out Johnny Kamen, a brash young man who doesn't take well to anyone giving orders to him. Joe has lost his wife and son to thugs, and now he reacts violently to any attempt to harass or intimidate him. When Johnny accidentally shoots a woman while reacting against drunken thugs, Joe tries to defend him. But the thugs who harassed Johnny then harass Joe and start fire to his wagon, causing Joe to react by shooting the men and killing one of them
The Duke Shannon Story
E30
The Duke Shannon StoryWith his clever tall tales, old prospector Henry Shannon talks Charlie Wooster into coming with him to search for a gold mine. When Hawks finds out about this, he rides out after the two men, along with Shannon's grandson Duke. Also following the old men are three men who hope to grab the gold for themselves.
The Will Santee Story
E31
The Will Santee StoryThe Santee family---Will, his mother, and his younger sister---join the wagon train under a false surname. They have been forced out of town after town because of a terrible thing a family member did. They confide in Hale, Hawks, and Charlie, who agree to keep their secret from the others on the train. But it soon comes out anyway, and things get complicated when Will falls for a young woman from the wagon train.
The Jim Bridger Story
E32
The Jim Bridger StoryJim Bridger, who became Flint's father after his parents died, arrives at the wagon train. Flint is delighted until he realizes Bridger is working as a scout for an Army general who commandeers the train to save troops trapped by Utes.
The Eleanor Culhane Story
E33
The Eleanor Culhane StoryFlint goes to visit Eleanor Culhane, an old flame of his who had been married to a notorious gunman. He finds everyone in the town she lives in shunning her, and unwilling to discuss her, because they blame her for her husband's misdeeds and the shame he caused the town. When Flint finds her they begin to rekindle their romance. But then her husband, thought dead for the last five years, shows up in town. And Flint realizes there is another side to Eleanor that he was unaware of as well.
The Chalice
E34
The ChaliceAn Italian immigrant couple needs help in transporting water for their grapevines to California. Unfortunately, the two men who offer the use of their wagon plan to steal the treasure they've heard the immigrants are carrying in return for their services.
The Janet Hale Story
E35
The Janet Hale StoryAfter losing one of her children in an accident, a woman becomes bitterly resentful of the wagon train and plans to turn back east, while her husband wishes to continue west. Hale, in an effort to persuade her to continue, tells her the story of his own trip west with his family and the ensuing tragedy.
Wagon to Fort Anderson
E36
Wagon to Fort AndersonFlint discovers four survivors of an Indian massacre. Despite the ordeal they've survived, they're still unaware of the danger ahead and don't know whether to trust Flint. Complicating matters, one member of the group works against Flint.
The Ah Chong Story
E37
The Ah Chong StoryDissatisfied with Charley Wooster, Hale and Hawks push for a new cook - a Chinese cook named Ah Chong.
The Don Alvarado Story
E38
The Don Alvarado StoryA dying Spanish nobleman asks Flint to impersonate Don Alvarado to claim the inheritance for the rest of his family. This brings Flint into contact with the men who murdered the nobleman. English