Tales of Wells Fargo

S6 · E1 Sep 30, 1961

Casket 7.3 Episode 1

Jim and his foreman, Jeb Gaine, are busy moving onto the ranch purchased from Ovie and her two lovely daughters when the Wells Fargo agent is called back to service to retrieve plates used to counterfeit bonds. Hardie learns the plates were stolen by a group of former Confederate soldiers who plan to print enough worthless bonds that the United States economy would fall into shambles.

S6 · E2 Oct 7, 1961

The Dodger Episode 2

A man sentenced to a ten-year prison term has released and is out to avenge himself upon the man who put him there - Jim Hardie.

S6 · E3 Oct 14, 1961

Treasure Coach Episode 3

Acting on a tip that an outlaw gang may attack a gold shipment, Hardie and McCloud try to persuade group of stagecoach passengers to take the next stage so they can better protect the cargo. Each passenger has their own reasons for continuing the dangerous journey, and Hardie fears that the reasons of more than one are highway robbery.

S6 · E4 Oct 21, 1961

Death Raffle Episode 4

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.

S6 · E5 Oct 28, 1961

Tanoa Episode 5

Hardie negotiates a new stagecoach route through Indian land with the local chief who is satisfied with the outcome. The tribe's young men, led by the warrior Red Knife, are looking for an excuse to return to the warpath.

S6 · E6 Nov 4, 1961

Mr. Mute Episode 6

Two gunmen rob a Wells Fargo train compartment and then hide the money in the baggage of a fellow passenger, a clown who stage name in Mr. Mute. When the clown unexpectedly decides to disembark from the train in Gloribee to perform at the town fair, the criminals must scramble to retrieve their ill-gotten loot before the money bags are discovered.

S6 · E7 Nov 11, 1961

Jeremiah Episode 7

Jeremiah Logart, a former friend of Hardie's, is prevented from robbing a Wells Fargo office by Jim and his men. After a gun battle, Jim and Beau pursue of the remaining gang members and trail Jeremiah to the remote ranch of a widow and her two young children.

S6 · E8 Nov 18, 1961

A Fistful of Pride Episode 8

The estranged wife of a washed-up boxer returns to Gloribee to obtain custody of the couple's only child. Needing quick cash for legal fees, the boxer challenges the Frisco Kid, an up-and-coming pugilist, to a fight and wins, only to discover that the fight was fixed so that the Kid's crooked manager and his stooge could clean-up on side bets.

S6 · E9 Nov 25, 1961

Defiant at the Gate Episode 9

Hardie and McCloud capture Matt Blackner, an aging outlaw who is suffering from heart disease. He agrees to turn the money he stole from a Wells Fargo stagecoach if he's allowed to visit his wife and daughter before he's thrown in prison. Blackner's last days aren't to be happy ones - his wife is dead, his daughter despises him and his former gang members are trailing him to get their share of the hidden loot.

S6 · E10 Dec 2, 1961

Man of Another Breed Episode 10

A veteran Wells Fargo stationmaster, about to retire, never gets the chance when two thieves stab him in the back and ransack the safe. Hardie suspects the killer is a part-time employee who disappeared after the robbery; Caleb Timmons and his sons want to find the man, too, since he ran off with Caleb's wife.

S6 · E11 Dec 9, 1961

Kelly's Clover Girls Episode 11

Three dance hall girls are being transported to Nevada to serve as witnesses in the murder investigation of a Wells Fargo agent. The subject of the investigation has no desire for the girls to testify and goes to great lengths to see that they don't arrive, including raiding Jim Hardie's ranch where the women are staying pending suitable escort.

S6 · E12 Dec 16, 1961

A Killing in Calico Episode 12

Jamie Coburn, a member of Birch Morgan's notorious outlaw gang, agrees to turn himself in and help capture Wells Fargo capture the outlaw leader. Hardie allows the gunslinger to visit his ailing mother, but when Jamie returns home he learns his mother has died and his wife wants nothing to do with him in spite of the hefty reward Wells Fargo has paid for Jamie's assistance.

S6 · E13 Dec 23, 1961

New Orleans Trackdown Episode 13

S6 · E14 Dec 30, 1961

Trackback Episode 14

Frank Lambert is furious when his kid brother, Wally, rides into his camp asking that the older man return the money he stole from Wells Fargo. He becomes even angrier when he learns that Jim Hardie followed Wally to arrest him. Meanwhile, Jeb Gaine becomes upset when his friends and neighbors lavish affection on him on his 60th birthday.

S6 · E15 Jan 6, 1962

Moneyrun Episode 15

A former governor of a Mexican province flees to San Francisco with his family's money to buy guns for the revolutionaries. A gang of former Mexican soldiers operating with stolen papers plan to steal the money with the unwitting assistance of Wells-Fargo.

S6 · E16 Jan 13, 1962

Return to Yesterday Episode 16

An old flame of Jim Hardie's, now a famous concert singer, returns to California on a concert tour. The singer's father knows his daughter still carries a torch for Hardie and wants her to decide once and for all whether she'll be a chanteuse or a rancher's wife. Meanwhile her maid plots to steal her employer's fabulous collection of jewelry.

S6 · E17 Jan 20, 1962

Reward for Gaine Episode 17

Jeb's brother, Sergeant Gaine, discovers that three of his men have been falsely convicted in a drumhead court-martial for desertion to cover up for their commanding officer's illegal attack on a band of Piute Indians that resulted in the deaths of Wells Fargo stagecoach passengers. Hardie and Prentiss, the governor's agent, must act quickly to save the condemned men before Colonel Bledsoe can silence the potential witnesses against him by executing the soldiers.

S6 · E18 Jan 27, 1962

Assignment in Gloribee Episode 18

Katherine Murdock, a writer from New England, is hired by Wells Fargo to write a series of articles about the West and her first research stop is in Gloribee. Hardie discovers that she had already made up her mind that the West is nothing but a violent wasteland and a series of brushes with lawlessness does little to change her attitude. It takes chance meeting with a honorable outlaw for her to consider altering her preconceived notions.

S6 · E19 Feb 3, 1962

Incident at Crossbow Episode 19

An ex-convict burning with the desire to avenge himself upon a judge who he insists falsely convicted him takes over a way-station and hijacks the stagecoach that Jim Hardie and an assortment of passengers are traveling in.

S6 · E20 Feb 10, 1962

Portrait of Teresa Episode 20

Hardie investigates a stagecoach hold-up and discovers only a single letter was stolen. He learns that the letter was sent from a woman who fled an arranged marriage with a brutal land baron to an itinerant painter. The two men race to find the woman first - the painter to marry her and the land baron to disfigure his ex-fiancée.

S6 · E21 Feb 17, 1962

Hometown Doctor Episode 21

Cattle drovers waiting to deliver their beef to the railhead at Gloribee are making life miserable for the townspeople, but Jim Hardie won't accept the stock until they're cleared by a veterinarian. The local doctor died under suspicious circumstances and Hardie convinces his son, also a vet, to examine the stock and help solve the older man's death.

S6 · E22 Feb 24, 1962

The Traveler Episode 22

Gloribee has a new schoolteacher named Brad Axton - a good man with a dark past that finally catches up to him.

S6 · E23 Mar 3, 1962

Winter Storm Episode 23

A blizzard forces the stagecoach in which Jim, Jeb and Tina are traveling to seek shelter in a ghost town. Investigating a light shining in the building that formerly served as the town's hotel, the passengers discover the town's last two residents barricaded against the expected onslaught of an escaped prisoner who is out for revenge.

S6 · E24 Mar 17, 1962

Chauncey Episode 24

Tina is attracted to a gun thug. Even though everyone else sees his true nature, she is blinded by love until she too sees his violent nature firsthand.

S6 · E25 Mar 24, 1962

Who Lives by the Gun Episode 25

In a sudden move to protect his own life, Jim Hardie has to wound -- mortally -- a young hellion of the town who has participated in a Wells Fargo stage holdup. Hellion or no, the youth is well-liked and his mother is influential and wealthy. Jim comes under some odium for the shooting and in the town there's talk of lynching him. When the boy dies, his mother's foreman comes to kill Jim with his bare hands. They struggle, Jim knocks his assailant out, but finds himself 'roped' by the townspeople who have found the courage to hang him then and there.

S6 · E26 Mar 31, 1962

To Kill a Town Episode 26

Jim Hardie is taking Lou Reese in for robbery. However, not all goes as planned. Normalie Hall once was nearly hanged because of betrayal by Reese, and Hall wants to take Reese away from Jim and hang him in revenge. Jim can't give his prisoner up, so he and Reese move into the mountains to a town where Reese is known and revered for heroism in an Indian attack. Jim keeps a low profile, not revealing his identity as a Wells Fargo agent in a town favorable to Reese. Hall and his men block the pass and pin Jim down. Hall comes to Reese by night with a deal to let him go ...

S6 · E27 Apr 7, 1962

End of a Minor God Episode 27

S6 · E28 Apr 14, 1962

Remember the Yazoo Episode 28

S6 · E29 Apr 21, 1962

The Angry Sky Episode 29

S6 · E30 Apr 28, 1962

Royal Maroon Episode 30

Hardie concludes that a woman found wandering who has amnesia is a witness to a stage coach robbery. He takes her to the scene of the robbery, hoping she'll regain her memory.

S6 · E31 May 5, 1962

The Gold Witch Episode 31

Hardie hires The Great Reardon, a mind-reading act, to serve as the entertainment at Wells Fargo's 15th anniversary celebration. Reardon's act always involved trickery, but now he plans to use his wife's "powers" to swindle a mine owner out of $10,000 by claiming to be able to reveal the location of a missing vein of gold ore.

S6 · E32 May 12, 1962

Don't Wake a Tiger Episode 32

Two vengeful brothers hold their former jailer captive in a barb-wire enclosure.

S6 · E33 May 19, 1962

The Wayfarers Episode 33

S6 · E34 Jun 2, 1962

Vignette of a Sinner Episode 34

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