7.4/1039 votes#1 - Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1967
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.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Dennis Whitcomb
7.5/1028 votes#2 - Chicken Bill
Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/1967
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1028 votes
#3 - Let My People Go
Season 16 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1967
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1028 votes
#4 - The Lone Grave
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1967
John Hail honors his wife's dying wish and returns to make a solitary journey to place a headstone on her remote grave.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1036 votes
#5 - The Girl Who Walked the West
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1967
Sacagawea leads the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1035 votes
#6 - The Informer Who Cried
Season 16 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1967
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1034 votes
#7 - Spring Rendezvous
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1967
At a gathering of trappers Kit Carson takes on a belligerent man, who has insulted the Indians, in a series of contests.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1025 votes
#8 - Lost Sheep in Trinidad
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 12/30/1967
Sister Blandina comes to the aid of a wounded robbery 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1030 votes
#9 - The Saga of Sadie Orchard
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 1/13/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1039 votes
#10 - The Indiana Girl
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 1/20/1968
A tomboy changes her ways when she meets the handsome constable of a mining town.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1038 votes
#11 - Prince of the Oyster Pirates
Season 16 Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1038 votes
#12 - The Friend
Season 16 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/1968
An inexperienced young man hears about a planned ambush on the sheriff and vows to help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1037 votes
#13 - The Great Diamond Mines
Season 16 Episode 13 - Aired 2/23/1968
A prospector and his partner try to con a banker.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1028 votes
#14 - Count Me In, Count Me Out
Season 16 Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1039 votes
#15 - Dress for a Desert Girl
Season 16 Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1031 votes
#16 - Britta Goes Home
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1032 votes
#17 - Bread on the Desert
Season 16 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1968
Two Americans on their way to Santa Fe are captured by Mexican troops and held prisoner until an Indian woman comes to their aid.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1035 votes
#18 - Green Is the Color of Gold
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 3/6/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1026 votes
#19 - Out of the Valley of Death
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1968
A wagon train takes the wrong cutoff and end up in Death Valley running short of food and water. Two of the stronger men leave to find supplies but those left behind start to give up hope of their return.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1033 votes
#20 - The Gold Mine on Main Street
Season 16 Episode 20 - Aired 3/15/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1030 votes
#21 - A Friend Indeed
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1031 votes
#22 - The Thirty-Caliber Town
Season 16 Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1028 votes
#23 - The Other Side of the Mountain
Season 16 Episode 23 - Aired 4/13/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1029 votes
#24 - By the Book
Season 16 Episode 24 - Aired 5/10/1968
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1030 votes
#25 - The Pieces of the Puzzle
Season 16 Episode 25 - Aired 5/11/1968
"The Baron of Arizona," James Reavis, files a claim against the government.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Death Valley Days Season 16
Every episode of Death Valley Days Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Death Valley Days Season 16!
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Season 16 Ratings Summary
"Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party" is the best rated episode of "Death Valley Days" season 16. It scored 7.4/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Dennis Whitcomb, it aired on 10/7/1967. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Chicken Bill".