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The Best Episodes of The Oregon Trail Season 1

Every episode of The Oregon Trail Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Oregon Trail Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Oregon Trail Season 1

The Oregon Trail is a 14-episode NBC western television series starring Rod Taylor as the widower Evan Thorpe, who leaves his Illinois farm in 1842...

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  1. 7.5/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Hannah's Girls

    S1:E6

    Hannah Morgan (Stella Stevens) is the leader of a group of mail-order brides (who actually are a group of ""showgirls"") who join the wagon train. Romance percolates, but mutual respect arises instead as Hannah helps nurse Evan's daughter back from a bout of cholera.

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  2. 7.2/10(9 votes)

    #2 - The Gold Dust Queen

    S1:E9

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    Director:William Wiard
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  3. 6.6/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Return From Death

    S1:E7

    Evan Thorpe serves as defense attorney for a mysterious man suspected of killing a member of the wagon train. Frontier justice was never so just.

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  4. 6.6/10(15 votes)

    #4 - The Scarlet Ribbon

    S1:E8

    A bullet-ridden wagon reveals that gun-runners are supplying rifles to the Redskins and Evan is detemined to run them to earth whatever the risk.

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  5. 6.6/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Suffer the Little Children

    S1:E12

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  6. 6.4/10(9 votes)

    #6 - The Waterhole

    S1:E3

    After hours in the desert, the Wagon Train comes upon a watering hole in the desert. After everyone drinks the water, they fall ill. IT takes some smart thinking to figure out what caused the sickness - and to save the people on the Wagon Train.

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  8. 6.2/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Hard Ride Home

    S1:E1

    We meet the Wagon train . They are heading to the west coast to start a better life for themselves. Character and plot descriptions revealed.

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  9. 6.2/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Evan's Vendetta

    S1:E11

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    Director:Paul Stanley
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  10. 6.0/10(10 votes)

    #9 - The Last Game

    S1:E2

    We meet the Wagon train . They are heading to the west coast to start a better life for themselves. Character and plot descriptions revealed. This one picked up where last week's left off.

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  11. 6.0/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Trapper's Rendezvous

    S1:E4

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  12. 5.8/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Wagon Race

    S1:E13

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    Director:Lewis Allen
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  13. 5.6/10(9 votes)

    #12 - The Return of the Baby

    S1:E10

    An Indian woman gives birth to a baby after her village is destroyed.

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    Director:Bill Bixby
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    #13 - The Army Deserter

    S1:E5

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Hannah's Girls" is the best rated episode of "The Oregon Trail" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/26/1977. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Gold Dust Queen".