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The Best Episodes of Wagon Train

Every episode of Wagon Train ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Wagon Train!

The Best Episodes of Wagon Train

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton...

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  1. Background image for The Tom Tuesday Story
    9.1/10(86 votes)

    #1 - The Tom Tuesday Story

    S6:E28

    While scouting in Wyoming territory, Duke is forced by outlaw Tom Tuesday to act as his guide to an important rendezvous in Ruby City, Idaho. Tuesday is going blind from a gunshot wound, and Duke is able to turn the tables on him.

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Robert Harrison Clarke Story
    8.9/10(94 votes)

    #2 - The Robert Harrison Clarke Story

    S7:E5

    Chris and Cooper along with a British journalist accompany civilians surveying for the Army when they come across an Army troop that has been massacred except for two survivors. This opens the journalist's eyes to the real America.

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The John Gillman Story
    8.9/10(142 votes)

    #3 - The John Gillman Story

    S8:E3

    John Gillman being chased and shot in the leg by a posse escapes via a river. He is found downriver nearly passes out by a young orphan girl Abigail. She takes a liking to him but he tries to rebuff her. However, events cause a change.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Herman
    8.9/10(119 votes)

    #4 - Herman

    S8:E18

    The wagon train comes across old Jamison Hershey and Herman, his 3000 pound Belgian horse. The old man has made it safely through hostile Indian territory because the tribes are so in awe of his horse. Hershey and Herman are invited to ride with the train, though it becomes apparent that Herman is not able to travel very fast and may hold back the entire group.

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Mary Ellen Thomas Story
    8.8/10(162 votes)

    #5 - The Mary Ellen Thomas Story

    S2:E12

    Mary Ellen is an orphan traveling west to join family, but members of the train reject her due to her surly disposition. Her only friend is Sally Mayhew, another girl traveling west with her family dying of consumption.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Ella Lindstrom Story
    8.8/10(399 votes)

    #6 - The Ella Lindstrom Story

    S2:E18

    Ella Lindstrom loses her husband on the wagon train ride west from Boston. With her seven children she decides to stay the course against the wishes of Major Adams. It gets more complicated when she thinks she is expecting number eight.

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  8. Background image for The Tom Tuckett Story
    8.8/10(112 votes)

    #7 - The Tom Tuckett Story

    S3:E21

    Ever since he was young, Tom Tuckett has been sent to good schools and looked after by an unknown benefactor. When he joins the wagon train he feels he's about to find out who that is but it isn't who he imagined.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Weight of Command
    8.8/10(122 votes)

    #8 - The Weight of Command

    S4:E18

    Bill 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Christopher Hale Story
    8.8/10(125 votes)

    #9 - The Christopher Hale Story

    S4:E25

    Flint 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Tobias Jones Story
    8.7/10(199 votes)

    #10 - The Tobias Jones Story

    S2:E4

    Major Adams allows two stowaways, Tobias Jones and his young friend Midge, to stay with the train. But Tobias is in trouble due to his drinking, and things get worse when he's accused of murder.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Andrew Hale Story
    8.7/10(130 votes)

    #11 - The Andrew Hale Story

    S2:E35

    The Major finds an old man in the desert and takes him to the wagon train. He doesn't remember his name but when he's recognized by one of the other passengers, he remembers not just his name but the faith he thought he lost as well.

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  13. Background image for The Christine Elliott Story
    8.7/10(101 votes)

    #12 - The Christine Elliott Story

    S3:E24

    Her father on his deathbed, Christine Elliot decides to fulfill his dream of a boys school and joins the wagon train. A good start: the eleven boys he already has. One man is determined to stop her unless he collects his pound of flesh.

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  14. Background image for The Major Adams Story (2)
    8.6/10(114 votes)

    #13 - The Major Adams Story (2)

    S1:E31

    Years after the Civil War, Major Adams gets a second chance with his lost love Ranie, who had married in his absence. But happiness doesn't always come easy, as a sinister rival and a dark secret attest.

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  15. Background image for Chuck Wooster, Wagonmaster
    8.6/10(107 votes)

    #14 - Chuck Wooster, Wagonmaster

    S2:E33

    When a big snow halts the train, several of the men disappear mysteriously with no trace of them to be found. After Flint, Major Adams, and Hawks go missing, it's up to Chuck Wooster to lead the train to safety.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Jeremy Dow Story
    8.6/10(103 votes)

    #15 - The Jeremy Dow Story

    S4:E14

    When 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.

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  17. Background image for The Odyssey of Flint McCullough
    8.6/10(117 votes)

    #16 - The Odyssey of Flint McCullough

    S4:E21

    Looking 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Will Santee Story
    8.6/10(91 votes)

    #17 - The Will Santee Story

    S4:E31

    The 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Barnaby West Story
    8.6/10(82 votes)

    #18 - The Barnaby West Story

    S6:E37

    Bill meets young Barnaby West, who claims he is traveling west to see his father, a famous frontiersman. Bill invites him to join the wagon train. But he and the others wonder just how much, if any, of young Barnaby's story is really true.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Zebedee Titus Story
    8.6/10(65 votes)

    #19 - The Zebedee Titus Story

    S7:E31

    Barnaby and Charlie talk Chris Hale into hiring legendary mountain man Zebedee Titus as a scout. The nearly 80 year old Zeb's failing eyesight leads to problems including Coop's being captured by the Comanche Zeb couldn't see.

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  21. Background image for Little Girl Lost
    8.6/10(143 votes)

    #20 - Little Girl Lost

    S8:E12

    A little girl, crying each night, appears to be a ghost from The Donner Party. Many people hear her, but she appears each night to Charlie, who questions his own sanity.

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  22. Background image for The Echo Pass Story
    8.6/10(92 votes)

    #21 - The Echo Pass Story

    S8:E14

    While out looking for water Coop and Charlie are stopped by a gang of five, including two women, who are on the run after robbing a bank and killing three lawmen. The leader of the gang shoots Charlie after tying him up, and they take Coop to lead them through a mountain pass to get to California.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Sarah Drummond Story
    8.5/10(105 votes)

    #22 - The Sarah Drummond Story

    S1:E27

    During a storm, Flint takes shelter at a farmhouse. He soon discovers the husband is refusing his wife the care of a midwife and before it's too late for her he needs to find out why.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Sakae Ito Story
    8.5/10(114 votes)

    #23 - The Sakae Ito Story

    S2:E9

    The major comes upon two Japanese men, attacked by Indians and heading towards California. He learns one of the men plans on committing hara kiri while others on the train have designs on a black box they suspect may contain precious gems.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Matthew Lowry Story
    8.5/10(94 votes)

    #24 - The Matthew Lowry Story

    S2:E26

    Matthew Lowry seems timid to everyone especially a bully on the wagon train. Riding upon some cholera sick wagons in a pass, they find out who he really is and why he has been acting this way.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Benjamin Burns Story
    8.5/10(98 votes)

    #25 - The Benjamin Burns Story

    S3:E19

    One dry water hole is normal but when the wagon train has two, Flint and Ben Burns lead a party to find a legend that only the Indians speak of, Shining Water. Troubles await them but the worst may be a too green city boy.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Tom Tuesday Story" is the best rated episode of "Wagon Train". It scored 9.1/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/3/1963. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Robert Harrison Clarke Story".