The BEST episodes written by James A. Parker
#1 - The Mary Ellen Thomas Story
Wagon Train - Season 2 - Episode 12
Mary Ellen is an orphan traveling west to join family, but members of the train reject her due to her surly disposition. Her only friend is Sally Mayhew, another girl traveling west with her family dying of consumption.
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#2 - The Jenny Tannen Story
Wagon Train - Season 2 - Episode 38
A young girl is injured while on the way to San Fransico to find her famous mother who abandoned her as a baby. The crew helps her with her pending blindness and find her mother who has her own problem unknown to her daughter.
#3 - The Martha Barham Story
Wagon Train - Season 3 - Episode 6
Flint and a longtime Sioux Indian friend reunite but trouble is brewing as the Cheyenne are on the warpath and in their way is Fort Hastings, an old flame of his and her new Army Captain fiancé.
#4 - The Jess MacAbee Story
Wagon Train - Season 3 - Episode 9
Flint, scouting ahead of the wagon train, is in search of fresh meat. With prospects none too good he comes upon a hidden paradise, green and lush and offering far more than he expected especially for a single man.