Episode
Wagon Train: The Ella Lindstrom Story
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1959-02-04
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
The Ella Lindstrom Story is Episode 18 in Season 2 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1959-02-04. The runtime is 51 min.
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