Episode
Wagon Train: The Clay Shelby Story
Overview
With Hawks ill and Comanches threatening to attack, an Army troop meets up with the wagon train. The Indians appear to greatly outnumber the soldiers, so to give the train hope the troop's lieutenant falsely tells Hale and Coop that there is also a relief column headed their way. Complicating matters even more, a sergeant from the troop recognizes Clay Shelby, a young man on the wagon train traveling with his pregnant wife, as a deserter from back in the Civil War whom he blames for the death of his brother.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1964-12-06
Episode context
The Clay Shelby Story is Episode 11 in Season 8 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1964-12-06.
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