8.2/1023 votes#1 - The Hangtown Fry
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1962
Paul Duval is scheduled for hanging and he is desperate to ward off his execution. He concocts a very unique omelet he calls hangtown fry but refuses to divulge the recipe in hopes it will keep him alive.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1024 votes
#2 - The $275,000 Sack of Flour
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1962
Ruel Gridley pays off a bet by donating a bag of flour to a fund for Civil War wounded.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1034 votes
#3 - Suzie
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1962
After a clash with hostile Apaches the troops discover a lone little girl and return with her to the fort. Captain Reed and his wife Emilie take her in, name her Suzie and become attached. They then discover her grandfather Chief Nahnee wants her back.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1027 votes
#4 - Fort Bowie: Urgent
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1962
Helen is about to celebrate her wedding day not knowing Frank Girard is planning on ruining it. Having just escaped from custody he heads to Fort Bowie and the only thing that can stop him is the newly invented telegraph.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1032 votes
#5 - The Hat That Wore the West
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1962
John Stetson is not a well man when he heads west. He teams up with trapper Dan Wills and activity restores his health. But when an avalanche ruins a year's work, John's ability to make his own hats promises him a prosperous future.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1031 votes
#6 - The Last Shot
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1962
Farmer Carlo Farelli is looking for a wife and finds one in beautiful saloon girl Della. But the local farmer doesn't want Carlo's competition when it comes to his vegetables or Della.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1041 votes
#7 - To Walk with Greatness
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1962
An Indian treaty is endangered by three killer outlaws. A cavalry lieutenant, who they misled, is determined to be the one who brings them to justice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1039 votes
#8 - The Grass Man
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1962
A horticulturist heads out west to identify new plants and encounters challenges.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1038 votes
#9 - Davy's Friend
Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1962
Young Joel is disregarded by his traveling companions as they head to Texas right after the Alamo. He is sent off on a mission to get him out of way but ends up impressing everyone.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1025 votes
#10 - Bloodline
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1962
Dr. Max Richter is frustrated when a patient dies and he believes new techniques might save them. He's up against suspicion and stubbornness when he learns of blood transfusions then a royal prince is near death and in his care.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1023 votes
#11 - The Vintage Years
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1962
Daniel Quint is carrying an entire years savings for his religious community. He befriends Lorna on the stagecoach, not knowing she is setting him up to be robbed by her paramour Meadows.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.1/1033 votes
#12 - The Private Mint of Clark, Gruber and Co.
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 12/28/1962
Milton Clark and Emanuel Gruber are Denver bankers during it's mining days. They trade dust for coin but running short they produce their own coinage. The US government challenges them which leads to changes in the federal mint system.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1027 votes
#13 - Loss of Faith
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/1962
Kitty pits Joe & Gabe against each other, as she convinces Joe to run against Gabe for sheriff of Pima County. Violence ensues.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1027 votes
#14 - Pioneer Doctor
Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1963
Dr. Charles Edwards arrives in a rough frontier town to set up practice. He finds out that what he learned in his Eastern school doesn't always work among his less gentile patients.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1025 votes
#15 - Stubborn Mule Hill
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/1963
Kit Carson, while scouting for the army, finds an old friend Edward believed killed in a massacre. Informing him his fiance has married the lieutenant vows revenge but an ambush by hostile Indians leads to a change of heart.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1031 votes
#16 - A Gun Is Not a Gentleman
Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1963
Senator Dave Broderick and Justice David Terry are on opposite sides politically but also class background. After feeling publicly insulted Terry challenges Broderick to a duel but the senator has never held a gun.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1026 votes
#17 - The Lion of Idaho
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1963
William E. Borah, later to become a U.S. Senator from Idaho, is portrayed here as a young attorney defending a woman on a murder charge in Nampa, ID.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1022 votes
#18 - The Debt
Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/1963
A towns people try to stop Mexican bandit Tiburcio Vasquez.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1031 votes
#19 - The Train and Lucy Tutaine
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1963
When her cow is killed by a train Lucy Tutaine is outraged by the indifference to her financial loss that the widow can't afford. She decides to sue the railroad with few giving her little chance of succeeding.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/1031 votes
#20 - Grotto of Death
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 3/8/1963
A mine operator insists on having his workers continue in unsafe conditions that are prone to cave-ins. Finally someone decides to challenge him at the risk of losing his job.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1029 votes
#21 - Diamond Jim Brady
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 4/4/1963
Diamond Jim Brady, one of USA's wealthiest men, is traveling through Texas on the railroad. He accepts the almost impossible wager of selling $100,000 worth of barbed wire to fence hating ranchers without ever leaving the train.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1025 votes
#22 - Phantom Procession
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1963
When Corbin is riding through a mysterious valley he is thrown from his horse and knocked unconscious. When he comes to he finds himself under the care of a family who relate the ghostly occurrences of the area.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1027 votes
#23 - With Honesty and Integrity
Season 11 Episode 23 - Aired 4/18/1963
Crow Dog is arrested for a reservation murder with Barkie arguing for a murder. The judge and sheriff ensure a fair trial yet the Indian is convicted. Asking to settle his affairs, promises to return for his hanging. But his lawyer's legal point goes to the Supreme Court.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1028 votes
#24 - Coffin for a Coward
Season 11 Episode 24 - Aired 4/21/1963
Clint Rogers finds Daley with other outlaws terrorizing and killing the citizens on his return home. The town won't fight back as it's divided by union and southern sympathizers. The murder of his friend Billy has Clint deciding to take a stand.
Director: Dick Moder
Writer: Stephen Lord
- 8.6/1031 votes
#25 - Shadow of Violence
Season 11 Episode 25 - Aired 4/24/1963
Two mysterious men Bob and Jim arrive in town only to begin digging in the graveyard at night. The citizen are suspicions but the strangers remain tight lipped. The appearance of a tombstone reveals the men are famous outlaw brothers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Death Valley Days Season 11
Every episode of Death Valley Days Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Death Valley Days Season 11!
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created...
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Season 11 Ratings Summary
"The Hangtown Fry" is the best rated episode of "Death Valley Days" season 11. It scored 8.2/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1962. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The $275,000 Sack of Flour".