Episode
Wagon Train: The Miss Mary Lee McIntosh Story
Overview
Teacher Mary Lee McIntosh refuses to pay what she feels is an excessive fee to join the wagon train, so she decides instead to follow behind it in her wagon alone, and refuses help from Hale. But after her wagon overturns, things change.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1965-02-28
Episode context
The Miss Mary Lee McIntosh Story is Episode 20 in Season 8 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1965-02-28.
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Episode 19: The Bonnie Brooke Story
Don Brooke is desperate for money for his pregnant wife Bonnie, who's condition is too delicate for the long trip without more medical care so he seeks a bank loan. When he sees an opportunity at the bank, it leads to tragedy.
Episode 21: The Captain Sam Story
Tough and headstrong female ferryboat captain Samantha Stewart is asked by her son Johnny and his bride to accompany them on the wagon train to California, where they will board a ship for a Pacific voyage. But actually, Johnny is not telling his proud mother that her doctor has told him that she must stay with a dry climate on land or she will die.
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