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The Best Episodes of Wagon Train Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 31 - The Major Adams Story (2)
    8.4/10(134 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 34 - The Ruttledge Munroe Story
    8.4/10(122 votes)

    S1:E34

    Ruttledge Munroe joins the wagon train on the trail. It's noticed right off his odd sense of humor but when he saves the major's life, it is forgotten until he kills someone else and the real reason he joined up is revealed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 27 - The Sarah Drummond Story
    8.3/10(121 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 29 - The Daniel Barrister Story
    8.3/10(114 votes)

    S1:E29

    Faith is tested when a man's wife is injured and he refuses medical aid. When Flint rides to the nearest town to get a doctor, he finds they have their own problems: a smallpox epidemic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 30 - The Major Adams Story (1)
    8.3/10(143 votes)

    S1:E30

    During the Civil War Charlie Wooster joins Bill Hawks under the command of Major Seth Adams. When Adams is seriously wounded saving Hawks's life he must struggle to survive, while dreaming of the girl he left behind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 37 - The John Wilbot Story
    8.3/10(117 votes)

    S1:E37

    Tensions are running high in the train between northerners and southerners traveling west. As trouble escalates one passenger with a noticeable limp, John Wilbot, is accused of being John Wilkes Booth, who many believe is still alive.

    Director:Mark Stevens
    Writer:Richard Maibaum

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  7. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 1 - The Willy Moran Story
    8.2/10(231 votes)

    S1:E1

    Willy Moran, a drunk, is hired by a wagon as a driver. He is an army buddy of the Major, but is used as a fall guy by a member of the train who wants to rob it. When the battle starts, Willy uses his army skills to turn the battle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 2 - The Jean LeBec Story
    8.2/10(171 votes)

    S1:E2

    The train cannot get supplies after a member kills the son of the man who owns most of St. Joseph in self-defense. He escapes with the help of Flint but when he learns the train is still being denied supplies he returns to face hanging.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 10 - The Mary Halstead Story
    8.2/10(159 votes)

    S1:E10

    Mary Halstead is in search of a son she gave up a long time ago. With months to live, she comes west on the trail of someone who could be her son, but he may also turn out to be a notorious outlaw.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 38 - The Monty Britton Story
    8.2/10(114 votes)

    S1:E38

    Low on water, Flint scouts for more. When three water holes are dry or poisoned, Fort Paiute seems their only hope but he has to make it back to the wagon train on foot and the only other man who knows the way is believed to be a deserter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 24 - The Bernal Sierra Story
    8.1/10(104 votes)

    S1:E24

    Revolutionary Bernal Sierra joins the train finding the wife of his dead friend married to Casey Reardon who sold guns to the Mexican revolutionaries. Bernal is suspicious of Casey, his brothers, and Perdita over missing gold.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 33 - The Dan Hogan Story
    8.1/10(100 votes)

    S1:E33

    In a growing town, Seth meets a friend from his distant past. He remembers how they met and the circumstances bringing them west. When his friend's home is threatened, not ever wearing a gun surprisingly helps him rather than the reverse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 35 - The Rex Montana Story
    8.1/10(104 votes)

    S1:E35

    On one final push to the west, a wild west showman runs into some old friends. Some that were part of a massacre that almost cost them their lives and one man his sanity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 39 - The Sacramento Story
    8.1/10(144 votes)

    S1:E39

    At the end of a long journey, lives were lost. Some made it with their dreams intact. Flint tries to help two of the passengers with theirs and almost bites off too much. Politics are involved as well as unsolicited trips to the Far East.

    Director:Richard Bartlett
    Writer:Thomas Thompson

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  15. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 4 - The Ruth Owens Story
    8.0/10(183 votes)

    S1:E4

    Ruth Owens remarries and is moving west with her new husband. When her brother comes looking for her, he stirs up trouble for her about her past and himself because he just killed a man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 5 - The Les Rand Story
    8.0/10(170 votes)

    S1:E5

    Les Rand, just released from prison for murder, goes back home to kill the man he held responsible; his father, the doctor. Meanwhile, Flint is there to fetch the doctor to help someone injured. Les vows that no one will stand in his way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 7 - The Emily Rossiter Story
    8.0/10(173 votes)

    S1:E7

    Emily Rossiter had a young daughter to care for. She met and married someone she felt she could trust. When she found out this was misplaced, getting the daughter away from him and into a better life becomes her main goal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 26 - A Man Called Horse
    8.0/10(171 votes)

    S1:E26

    Horse, a name he comes to be called, is searching for himself. Since he doesn't feel that he found it in Boston, where he grew up, he tries out west, under the watchful eye of a small tribe of Crow.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 8 - The John Darro Story
    7.9/10(168 votes)

    S1:E8

    When the train picks up an abandoned drunk on the trail, he exposes John Darro to be the reviled coward John Thurman who abandoned a previous train during a massacre. Darro's young son Tommy is unable to cope with the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 9 - The Charles Avery Story
    7.8/10(131 votes)

    S1:E9

    Lieutenant Avery has a mission. Deliver a peace treaty and the chief's daughter. But he has a secret vendetta that may jeopardize everyone's hope for peace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 14 - The Julie Gage Story
    7.8/10(157 votes)

    S1:E14

    A head strong Julie Gage is determined to ride her wagon to California. Losing her pa to fever, many suitors step up to help but she'll have none of it until one comes down with fever himself and she's the only one who will tend to him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 15 - The Cliff Grundy Story
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    S1:E15

    Mortally wounded in a buffalo stampede, Cliff Grundy's friend Flint stays when the wagon train leaves. Manson says he will help but his reasons for staying become clear as Cliff keeps saying he has a goldmine somewhere and he's recovering.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 18 - The Gabe Carswell Story
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    S1:E18

    Gabe Carswell wants his son to join the whites because of what he sees coming for the Indians. When his son refuses he takes him to the wagon train heading for California but the Arapaho are getting set to attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 20 - The Dora Gray Story
    7.8/10(151 votes)

    S1:E20

    Dora Gray has made some poor choices in her life. Just wanting to get to San Francisco, her latest one involves someone who sells army guns to the Indians and Flint finds himself right in the middle of it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 21 - The Annie MacGregor Story
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    S1:E21

    The MacGregor clan decides to come to America and start a new life. The wagon trains going to California have had a hard time dealing with their different customs. Can Major Adams' be any different?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Major Adams Story (2)" is the best rated episode of Wagon Train season 1. It scored 8.4/10 from 134 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on April 30, 1958.