Chris Hale has dinner with a society matron whose carriage team he had stopped after being spooked. A rival for the woman's attention is Chris' first problem while the crew's attempt to sabotage their relationship is the second one.

Duke quits the wagon train to take up a steady position as Deputy Indian Agent at San Marcos on an Apache reservation under Hiram Winthrop. Hiram is an Easterner with ideas of teaching the nomadic Apache to become farmers.

Bill and Charlie looking for horses help out an old friend John Turnbull defend his reservation against local land sharks who look to initiate a range war so the army will push the local residents off their land.

Duke's resemblance to gambler Jason Carter makes him the target for a murderer's bullet when he visits Jason Carter's hometown looking for supplies. Jason has been missing for five years and only one man knows the truth about him.

Flint stops in a saloon with Bill and Charlie where he learns the whereabouts of a man he's been hunting for years---to kill. Bill has to restrain Flint who lapses into recalling his fiancé Nancy Lee Davis and his search for her killer.

A Frenchman arouses strong---and polarized---emotions among the wagon train members: men distrust him, women adore him. He owes a substantial gambling debt and plans to pay it off by convincing a woman to pay it until he is killed.

Bill Hawks shoots a horse thief and later discovers the man was already declared dead as a war hero.

After the Sheriff escorts Ben Morrell and his son Terry to the wagon train, the members find Ben Morrell and his son very antisocial: the two can't even tolerate each other. One woman wants to adopt Terry believing he is being mistreated.

Chris Hale is traveling to the Wyoming prison to pick up his brother Levi, who is being released from prison. Chris assumed Levi was pardoned but he was paroled to Chris. He must keep Levi out of Wyoming or he will be hanged.

The young Crawford couple is trying to leave their past behind but having difficulty doing it. The wagon train is crossing a massive ranch and the owner's son refuses to let Mrs. Crawford leave nor will the train members help them.

Flint leads a fragment of the wagon train on a dangerous route through a swamp that supposedly contains mysterious creatures.

An ousted medicine man predicts the future of a wagon train passenger.

A teacher traveling with the wagon train encounters conflict when he become attracted to the daughter of a medicine man who has just joined the train. The man despises cowards and sees the teacher as one.

The wagon train encounters Amos Billings who tells of a new road that might shorten their trip and avoid Indian trouble. Chris and Flint are very suspicious of the situation since the location has been a dead end.

Chris and Duke try to rush a group to California despite inclement weather; Duke injures his foot, forcing him off the trail and into a cabin to heal up.

A vicious sergeant looking to kill two deserters drags a fresh young lieutenant along on his vendetta and mistakes Chris for one of his targets.

A judge notorious for going strictly by the book in his effort to bring order to the frontier faces the ultimate test when his son finds himself in court.

Jeff Hartfield becomes concerned when his sister Jenny begins dating Dallas, who threatens him with an orphanage at journey's end. Jeff takes off but Dallas follows with deadly intent, believing Jeff knows the location of $30,000.

Cowboy Lonnie Fallon is in love with Kathy Jennings -- but her strict father forbids the relationship. 

Note: This episode was filmed and shown in color

After Bill comes across a boy who watched his dad die in a seemingly random attack, he meets a doctor transporting musical instruments to California.

Duke comes across Malachi Hobart, a preacher dedicating his life to his fellow man, and is impressed with his charitable works. However, he begins to believe that the pastor is in fact a con artist who is using religion to swindle people. 

When three wagons are late in the desert, Chris sends Duke to find them and bring them to the wagon train as the train cannot wait for them. It may be a suicide mission due to water holes drying up and the missing people's personal issues.

Overwhelmed Janey Cutler takes on her deceased father's responsibilities, including watching over her mother and 5 sisters and is suspicious of drifter Dick Pederson.

A man finds a corpse that looks remarkably like himself. On an impulse he takes on the persona of the dead man only to find he was a living legend of the west and had made a lot of enemies along the way.

Charlie's life undergoes an epiphany when he finds an injured buffalo and the animal befriends him. He takes the buffalo, who he calls Clyde, into the wagon train as a pet. Others, however, don't appreciate the trouble the creature causes.

Bettina May leads three generations of her family across the plains. Other members of the wagon train as well as some family members become concerned with her over bearing nature and the level of control she exerts on the family.

Flint goes undercover to infiltrate an outlaw gang.

Lizbeth Ann Calhoun meets the wagon train staff as they stop for supplies. She asks permission to join the train so she can avoid the advances of a young man she claims is in love with her, however his real motives may be very different.

Note: This episode was filmed and shown in color.

London millionaire Lord Bruce Saybrook takes his brother, wife, and employee out west on a hunting trip hoping to repair his relationships. They run into hostile Indians. During the ensuing battle everyone's true character comes out.

Mark Miner and his younger brother Matthew join the wagon train after making it appear their own wagon has broken down. The passengers of the train enjoy Mark's guitar and singing, but soon items and money begin disappearing. What they don't realize is that the two brothers want to frame Duke Shannon for the thievery, because they blame him for the imprisonment of their father and want revenge for it. 

Duke finds Flint's dying foster mother who asks Flint to check on her real son Artie who she hasn't seen in five years and has a reputation for getting into trouble with the law. Flint finds him on the right side of the law - or is he?

Jenna Douglas is found by scouts for the wagon train. She appears to have been a victim of a scavenger attack and is adopted by the train. As time goes on people on the train begin to have doubts about her story and her mental state.

Note: This episode was filmed and shown in color.

Hale rescues Clementine Jones after the citizens of Cinnebar throw her out of town as an undesirable.

Selena Hartnell joins the train after bandits attack her wagon. Later, she reveals she is a bounty hunter looking for William Barrett, a murderer on the run. 

Maud Frazer takes command of her wagon train after all the men are killed. Flint tries to dissuade Maud from going through hostile Indian country where there is gold.. She proceeds anyway but is forced to change plans.

Kitty Allbright is a registered nurse whose stagecoach is attacked and destroyed. Flint agrees to let her use her new skill on the wagon train. She quickly becomes disturbed at the lack of hygiene and health in general around the train.

Dan Brady, a colorful, boisterous and veteran frontier scout famous in the East, demands to be taken on as trail scout. Hale faces a dilemma as he will lose a freight contract necessary to finance the wagon train if he doesn't hire Brady.