Elegy for a Hangman
January 20, 1963
Written by: E.M. Parsons, Shirl Hendryx
A bitter young man, Bob Jolley, comes to Virginia City and begins to taunt Judge Harry Whitaker, a dear friend of the Cartwright's, claiming that he unjustly hung Bob's father. The man gets Adam's attention and then strangely other people involved in the case surface, and Adam takes up Bob Jolley's cause.
Guest Stars: Kevin Hagen as Hubie, Keir Dullea and Otto Kruger.
Journey Remembered
November 10, 1963
Directed by: Irving J. Moore
Ben looks back at his travels west with five years old
Adam and Hoss' mother Inger. In flashbacks we see his
journey to Ash Hollow where Hoss is born en route. They
arrive in Ash Hollow only to be attacked by an Indians
revenging the death of one of their braves. The will not
leave without the man they hold responsible, Kirkwood, the
same man who brought them to Ash Hollow.
Guest Stars: Kevin Hagen as Simon, Inga Swenson and Gene Evans.
Gabrielle
December 24, 1961
Written by: Anthony Lawrence
Joe and Hoss come upon an accident and find a couple dead, but there is a survivor, the couple's eleven year old daughter who is blind. The boys bring her to the Ponderosa and the Cartwright's find out the family was on their way to see her grandfather Zechariah Wickham, an old recluse wholives in the mountains. He was wrongly imprisoned for twenty years and
when he was released he took refuge far away from civilization. Joe and Hoss take Gabrielle to see him but he runs them off. Ben decides it's best to find Gabrielle a new home, but Gabrielle has other ideas.
Guest Stars: Diane Mountford and Kevin Hagen as Everett Paster
Episode #236
Journey To Terror
February 5, 1967
Written by: Joel Murcott
Directed by: Lewis Allen
Joe visits old friends Tom and Ellie Sue Blackwell who have fallen on hard times due to a drought. Tom has supposedly been looking for work. What Ellie does not know is that Tom has belonged to a gang of outlaws for a long time. She discovers the truth when the outlaws come to her home with her husband and demand she help take care of one of their wounded members, while they hold Joe and her young son hostage.
Guest stars: John Erickson, Jason Evers, Kevin Hagen as King, Lindsay Workman, Elizabeth Rogers, Lory Patrick, Richard Hale
Episode #279
Showdown At Tahoe
November 19, 1967
Written by: Thomas Thompson
Directed by: Gerald Mayer
Ben's new enterprise is a paddle wheel steamboat, which delivers freight on Lake Tahoe. Ben is introduced to Jamison Fillmore who claims he is a lumberman from San Francisco. Ben is not aware that Jamison Fillmore and his gang plan to use the boat to escape with a one million-dollar currency shipment. To trap the thieves Candy convinces Fillmore he should be part of the plan to steal the currency.
Guest stars: Richard Anderson, Sheila Larken, Karl Swenson, Kevin Hagen as Guy, Christopher Dark
