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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Tales of Wells Fargo Season 6 Episode 33 - The Wayfarers
    8.7/10(47 votes)

    #1 - The Wayfarers

    S6:E33

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 Episode 11 - Jeff Davis' Treasure
    8.5/10(58 votes)

    #2 - Jeff Davis' Treasure

    S5:E11

    Jim Hardie is forced to kill the man, Amos Birely, who can lead him to $100,000 in gold stolen by the man and three others years earlier. However, a friend unexpectedly provides Jim with a new lead to the buried gold involving three men.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 Episode 35 - The Repentant Outlaw
    8.5/10(55 votes)

    #3 - The Repentant Outlaw

    S5:E35

    When Jim Hardie stops in Mesa City with an Army payroll, he finds his friend Doc Dawson is there practicing dentistry and medicine without a license again. A wounded outlaw kidnaps Doc to remove a bullet letting Doc overhear their plans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 6 Episode 34 - Vignette of a Sinner
    8.5/10(58 votes)

    #4 - Vignette of a Sinner

    S6:E34

    Jim Hardie finds his life's love in the series finale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 4 Episode 37 - Man for the Job
    8.4/10(59 votes)

    #5 - Man for the Job

    S4:E37

    Wells Fargo sends Jim Hardie to Goldfield to help setup a new station that will be shipping silver. Jim is forced to hire an old employee suspected of helping rob Wells Fargo a few years ago in Tonodah when the original hire looks bad.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 Episode 6 - All That Glitters
    8.4/10(53 votes)

    #6 - All That Glitters

    S5:E6

    Jim Hardie is sent by Wells Fargo to investigate the theft of $50,000. The catch is that they do not know when or where the money was stolen. Jim must first determine those answers. He is suspicious as the Marshal is the best safe cracker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 Episode 21 - That Washburn Girl
    8.4/10(87 votes)

    #7 - That Washburn Girl

    S5:E21

    Wells Fargo agent Jim Hardie becomes involved with a woman Wells Fargo agent, Nora Washburn whose brother, Tom Washburn, has become engaged to the daughter, Ruby Coe, of a former outlaw Jonas Coe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 Episode 37 - Bitter Vengeance
    8.4/10(58 votes)

    #8 - Bitter Vengeance

    S5:E37

    The Martin family is in disarray. Wells Fargo is closing its station there, Ben Martin has taken to drinking, and Sarah is still short $60 needed to pay off their mortgage. Wounded Jim Hardie arrives with neighbor Joe Snyder under arrest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 6 Episode 4 - Death Raffle
    8.4/10(57 votes)

    #9 - Death Raffle

    S6:E4

    Ex-convict Davey Hewitt is thrown off the train in Gloribee. He meets two members of his old outlaw gang who try to convince him to join them in robbing a bank that contains a large gold shipment for Wells Fargo. Meanwhile Jessamie, the handicapped daughter of Hewitt's new employer tries to convince him to go straight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 3 Episode 6 - Butch Cassidy
    8.3/10(94 votes)

    #10 - Butch Cassidy

    S3:E6

    When Butch Cassidy is released from prison, Jim Hardie, who sent him to prison, is tasked with asking him to work for Wells Fargo. While on a train, Butch meets an outlaw friend, Idaho, who with others are planning to rob the train.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writers:Mary M. Beauchamp, D.D. Beauchamp

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  11. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 3 Episode 9 - The Most Dangerous Man Alive
    8.3/10(79 votes)

    #11 - The Most Dangerous Man Alive

    S3:E9

    Jim Hardie's task of catching the Manning Brothers is interrupted when his attempt to help a stranded man backfires. The man, John Leslie Nagel, has a $25,000 bounty on him so he trusts no one including Hardie who has no interest in him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 Episode 12 - The Bride and the Bandit
    8.3/10(65 votes)

    #12 - The Bride and the Bandit

    S5:E12

    Jim Hardie is on the trail of an holdup man when he arrives in a town where the agent is awaiting a bride to be. She arrives on the stage which has been held up but her knowledge of the incident goes beyond simply being a witness to it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 Episode 39 - The Dowry
    8.3/10(62 votes)

    #13 - The Dowry

    S5:E39

    Bertram La Tour has requested Wells Fargo send Jim Hardie personally to escort his dowry of $200,000 and his granddaughter Michelle Bovarde to Baton Rouge where she is to be married. However, Jim is unaware why this is being done.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 1 - The Thin Rope
    8.2/10(144 votes)

    #14 - The Thin Rope

    S1:E1

    Jim Hardie is assigned to ride shotgun on a stagecoach that was held up carrying a valuable cargo of gold, but has to contend with a driver who thinks he can handle any outlaws he meets with all by himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 6 - Shotgun Messenger
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #15 - Shotgun Messenger

    S1:E6

    A rich gold strike in Pleasant Valley has the Wells Fargo Co. setting up a new stagecoach run linking the boom town with San Francisco. Hardie over the objections of the branch manager selects the son of a disgraced Wells Fargo employee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 8 - Renegade Raiders
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    #16 - Renegade Raiders

    S1:E8

    Jim goes undercover as a trainee for Wells Fargo to try and find out who is supplying renegade Indians with the guns they are using on their murderous raids. Something is strange with the Cheyenne stealing money for which they have no use.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 2 Episode 11 - The Kid
    8.2/10(97 votes)

    #17 - The Kid

    S2:E11

    Hardie, sent by Wells Fargo, tries to clear a young man he hired for them charged with murder when he's found standing over a dead man with his gun still smoking. With no time due to a quick trial, Hardie is forced to act as his lawyer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 2 Episode 34 - The Pickpocket
    8.2/10(83 votes)

    #18 - The Pickpocket

    S2:E34

    Jim's train is robbed and he is left without funds in a small town whose businessmen refuse to grant him credit. With the help of a friendly old pickpocket, Hardie manages to alleviate his money problems and bring the thieves to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 3 Episode 10 - The Gunfighter
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    #19 - The Gunfighter

    S3:E10

    Jim Hardie is sent by Wells Fargo to Comanche, Texas to find the Rucker brothers who are hanging around there. Unknown to Hardie, John Wesley Hardin is there, a cousin to the Rucker brothers and still holding a grudge against Hardie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 3 Episode 26 - The Legacy
    8.2/10(71 votes)

    #20 - The Legacy

    S3:E26

    Jim Hardie is checking on the estate a man many think was an outlaw passed to a man known to be the son of the outlaw. He has arrived to claim the homestead. Hardie finds a neighbor will do anything to drive the son off the property.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 4 Episode 1 - Young Jim Hardie
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    #21 - Young Jim Hardie

    S4:E1

    An eastern reporter wants to do a history Jim Hardie so his boss who hired Hardie reveals early details about Jim telling the story of a young drifter who became one of Wells Fargo best investigators after coming close to being an outlaw.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 4 Episode 3 - The Warrior's Return
    8.2/10(62 votes)

    #22 - The Warrior's Return

    S4:E3

    Jim has been sent to recover $15,000 stolen by Soldier O'Malley from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. Soldier is a big man and a prize fighter. In addition the town is accusing him of killing their Marshal by breaking his neck but Jim has doubts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 4 Episode 5 - The Stage Line
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    #23 - The Stage Line

    S4:E5

    Jim Hardie has been sent to inspect and buy the Braddock Stage line as a new feeder line. He arrives to find the line runs on a shoestring, has one old stage, and eight horses plus the base station which is not up to the normal standards.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 4 Episode 20 - The Journey
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    #24 - The Journey

    S4:E20

    Jim Hardie is sent to accompany Vincent Dodd, a jeweler, who is carrying $30,000 in gems from back east. Attempts have been made to steal the gems but Hardie is unable to stop a last attempt and there is a cast of possible suspects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 4 Episode 31 - Dead Man's Street
    8.2/10(75 votes)

    #25 - Dead Man's Street

    S4:E31

    Passing through Paradise, California Jim Hardie finds himself backing up the local Wells Fargo agent and Marshal Murphy who he knows in a fight against the Ferguson brothers who own the area and the town when one brother is jailed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Wayfarers" is the best rated episode of "Tales of Wells Fargo". It scored 8.7/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/19/1962. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Jeff Davis' Treasure".