Episode
Wagon Train: The Blane Wessels Story
Overview
Duke and three women under attack by Cheyenne Indians are helped by a stranger who has a fatalistic attitude toward life. They take refuge in a relay station where the stranger slowly relays his past to the others while they hope for help.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 30
- Air date
- 1963-04-17
Episode context
The Blane Wessels Story is Episode 30 in Season 6 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1963-04-17.
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Episode 27: The Adam MacKenzie Story
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Episode 33: The David Garner Story
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Episode 34: Alias Bill Hawks
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Episode 25: The Annie Duggan Story
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Episode 35: The Antone Rose Story
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