The BEST episodes of Daniel Boone season 2

Every episode of Daniel Boone season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Daniel Boone season 2!

Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War.

Last Updated: 8/29/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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The High Cumberland (2)
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8.00
8 votes

#1 - The High Cumberland (2)

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/21/1966

In the conclusion of this two-part episode detailing the early years of Daniel Boone's life he must lead a party of settlers through a canyon and take a stand against pursuers who want their precious supplies all the while defeating rival Jim Santee for the affections of one Rebecca Bryan.

Directors: George Sherman
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The Fifth Man
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7.71
7 votes

#2 - The Fifth Man

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1966

Boone and his party endure hardship to blow up a bridge between the advancing British and Fort Wayne.

Directors: George Sherman
Writer: Jack Guss
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The Christmas Story
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7.67
6 votes

#3 - The Christmas Story

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/1965

On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.

Directors: Maurice Geraghty
Writer: Stephen Lord
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The Gun
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7.55
11 votes

#4 - The Gun

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1966

Boone heads to Pennsylvania to have a new gun made, but meets two scoundrels seeking a guide to the Mississippi.

Directors: Robert Totten
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The High Cumberland (1)
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7.50
8 votes

#5 - The High Cumberland (1)

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/14/1966

This two-part episode deals with the early years of Daniel Boone's life and how he met both Rebecca and Mingo. It also re-writes things a bit from the show's premiere episode as to how he first settled in Kentucky and first encountered the Oxford educated Cherokee.

Directors: George Sherman
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Cry of Gold
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7.44
9 votes

#6 - Cry of Gold

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1965

Two scumbag land developers hire English boxing champion Thomas Cromwell to dispose of Daniel in a prizefight so they can buy up Boonesborough property.

Directors: Nathan Juran
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The Tamarack Massacre Affair
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7.43
7 votes

#7 - The Tamarack Massacre Affair

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1965

The sister of a British officer lies that she narrowly escaped an Indian massacre; Boone must avert war.

Directors: James B. Clark
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The Accused
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7.43
7 votes

#8 - The Accused

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/24/1966

Mingo arranges a prison break to free Boone after a couple frames him for murder; guest Joanna Moore.

Directors: John Florea
Writer: David Duncan
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Gabriel
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7.33
6 votes

#9 - Gabriel

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1966

A Spanish military expedition chasing a French revolutionary mistakes Boone for its quarry; guests Cesar Romero, Mike Mazurki.

Directors: Gerd Oswald
Writer: David Duncan
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Crisis by Fire
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7.33
6 votes

#10 - Crisis by Fire

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1966

A former Continental Army officer (George Sanders) uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.

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The Tortoise and the Hare
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7.30
10 votes

#11 - The Tortoise and the Hare

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1965

Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.

Directors: George Sherman
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The Aaron Burr Story
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7.25
8 votes

#12 - The Aaron Burr Story

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1965

Disgraced Vice President Aaron Burr arrives in Boonesborough looking for a guide to the mouth of the Cumberland River. Daniel smells a rat and declines but young Jericho Jones agrees to undertake the task.

Directors: Maurice Geraghty
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The Trap
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7.20
5 votes

#13 - The Trap

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/17/1966

Renegades take Israel hostage when they find him and injured Mingo in the forest; guest Lloyd Bochner.

Directors: Gerd Oswald
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Cibola
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7.20
5 votes

#14 - Cibola

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1966

A man (Royal Dano) finds only danger when he seeks a fabled city of gold; guest Alejandro Rey.

Directors: Gerd Oswald
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The Search
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7.17
6 votes

#15 - The Search

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1966

An ambush on the way to New Orleans leaves Boone in possession of a famous pirate s journal.

Directors: Harmon Jones
Writer: David Duncan
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Empire of the Lost
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7.08
37 votes

#16 - Empire of the Lost

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1965

Daniel receives a major surprise upon his return from a journey when British Colonel Worthing orders Boonesborough to be evacuated. He says it's because he's battling a Native American rebellion but Daniel suspects otherwise.

Directors: Nathan Juran
The Trek
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7.00
7 votes

#17 - The Trek

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1965

Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.

Directors: George Sherman
The Peace Tree
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7.00
10 votes

#18 - The Peace Tree

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1965

A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.

Directors: George Sherman
The Perilous Journey
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7.00
10 votes

#19 - The Perilous Journey

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1965

Daniel and Rebecca finally get to take a long delayed honeymoon but it gets interrupted by an officer of the Continental Army with a confidential message for Daniel to deliver to New Orleans.

Directors: John Florea
The Prisoners
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7.00
5 votes

#20 - The Prisoners

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1966

Three escaped Army prisoners, seeking revenge on a former commander, pressure Boone by seizing his children.

Directors: John Florea
The Gun-Barrel Highway
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7.00
5 votes

#21 - The Gun-Barrel Highway

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1966

Daniel tries to avert bloodshed between the Shawnee and road builders who have started building through tribal hunting grounds in direct violation of a treaty.

Directors: John Florea
Fifty Rifles
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7.00
6 votes

#22 - Fifty Rifles

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1966

Cashiered British Army officer William Blount steals a shipment of 50 rifles and plans to trade them to the hostile Shawnee in return for a tract of land.

Directors: John Florea
The Mound Builders
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6.97
36 votes

#23 - The Mound Builders

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1965

A chief (Henry Silva) of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death; guest Simon Oakland.

Directors: Nathan Juran
Writer: Clyde Ware
Seminole Territory
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6.83
6 votes

#24 - Seminole Territory

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1966

After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head; guests Diane Ladd, Leonard Nimoy.

Directors: John Florea
Writer: Stephen Lord
The Deserter
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6.83
6 votes

#25 - The Deserter

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1966

A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.

Directors: Nathan Juran