Sat, Jan 13, 1962
An old flame of Jim Hardie's, now a famous concert singer, returns to California on a concert tour. The singer's father knows his daughter still carries a torch for Hardie and wants her to decide once and for all whether she'll be a chanteuse or a rancher's wife. Meanwhile her maid plots to steal her employer's fabulous collection of jewelry.
Sat, Jan 20, 1962
Jeb's brother, Sergeant Gaine, discovers that three of his men have been falsely convicted in a drumhead court-martial for desertion to cover up for their commanding officer's illegal attack on a band of Piute Indians that resulted in the deaths of Wells Fargo stagecoach passengers. Hardie and Prentiss, the governor's agent, must act quickly to save the condemned men before Colonel Bledsoe can silence the potential witnesses against him by executing the soldiers.
Sat, Jan 27, 1962
Katherine Murdock, a writer from New England, is hired by Wells Fargo to write a series of articles about the West and her first research stop is in Gloribee. Hardie discovers that she had already made up her mind that the West is nothing but a violent wasteland and a series of brushes with lawlessness does little to change her attitude. It takes chance meeting with a honorable outlaw for her to consider altering her preconceived notions.
Sat, Feb 10, 1962
Hardie investigates a stagecoach hold-up and discovers only a single letter was stolen. He learns that the letter was sent from a woman who fled an arranged marriage with a brutal land baron to an itinerant painter. The two men race to find the woman first - the painter to marry her and the land baron to disfigure his ex-fiancée.
Sat, Feb 17, 1962
Cattle drovers waiting to deliver their beef to the railhead at Gloribee are making life miserable for the townspeople, but Jim Hardie won't accept the stock until they're cleared by a veterinarian. The local doctor died under suspicious circumstances and Hardie convinces his son, also a vet, to examine the stock and help solve the older man's death.
Sat, Mar 3, 1962
A blizzard forces the stagecoach in which Jim, Jeb and Tina are traveling to seek shelter in a ghost town. Investigating a light shining in the building that formerly served as the town's hotel, the passengers discover the town's last two residents barricaded against the expected onslaught of an escaped prisoner who is out for revenge.
Sat, Mar 24, 1962
In a sudden move to protect his own life, Jim Hardie has to wound -- mortally -- a young hellion of the town who has participated in a Wells Fargo stage holdup. Hellion or no, the youth is well-liked and his mother is influential and wealthy. Jim comes under some odium for the shooting and in the town there's talk of lynching him. When the boy dies, his mother's foreman comes to kill Jim with his bare hands. They struggle, Jim knocks his assailant out, but finds himself 'roped' by the townspeople who have found the courage to hang him then and there.
Sat, Mar 31, 1962
Jim Hardie is taking Lou Reese in for robbery. However, not all goes as planned. Normalie Hall once was nearly hanged because of betrayal by Reese, and Hall wants to take Reese away from Jim and hang him in revenge. Jim can't give his prisoner up, so he and Reese move into the mountains to a town where Reese is known and revered for heroism in an Indian attack. Jim keeps a low profile, not revealing his identity as a Wells Fargo agent in a town favorable to Reese. Hall and his men block the pass and pin Jim down. Hall comes to Reese by night with a deal to let him go if Reese betrays Jim Hardie, whom Hall wants to use in a ploy against Wells Fargo itself. In a last minute switch, though, Reese saves Hardie and agrees to give Jim no more trouble.
Sat, Apr 7, 1962
Gunfighter Billy Trent books passage on a Wells Fargo stage heading to Oregon, a trip which will take nine days. He is being followed by a gang trying to collect a $500 bounty on him. Since Jim Hardie can't dissuade Trent from taking the stage, he rides along to protect the other passengers from being caught in the crossfire.
Sat, Apr 21, 1962
The episode opens with two men breaking into a ranch house and kidnaps Swede Lowell's wife Helen and daughter Kathy. They also take a picture of Swede from a picture frame. Jim meets a train in Gloribee with special Diamond drill bits for a mine in the mountains. Also on the train is Swede, a friend of Jim, with his mules to haul the drill bits to the mine. A new gal in town, Marie, talks her way into joining Jim and Swede to the mine to "take care of her injured brother". At The first night camp Marie shows the picture to Swede and tells him to follow orders or Helen and Kathy will be hurt. They intend to steal the drill bits.
Sat, May 5, 1962
Hardie hires The Great Reardon, a mind-reading act, to serve as the entertainment at Wells Fargo's 15th anniversary celebration. Reardon's act always involved trickery, but now he plans to use his wife's "powers" to swindle a mine owner out of $10,000 by claiming to be able to reveal the location of a missing vein of gold ore.