Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke guest stars as a carnival's destitute banjo player. He also proves to be an inept lawman when he is hired in Barney's Fife's absence.
A rancher's widow offers a reward for Matt's death after he shoots her thieving husband.
With their cattle in danger of dying from thirst, trail boss Gil Favor and his ramrod Rowdy Yates face an added threat from aging tyrant Jess Hode who harbors a bitter resentment toward the cattle drovers and, with a show of force, denies them access to an abundant water supply. (TV-PG)
Beverly Garland guest stars as a would-be robber.
A blizzard stops the train, and the Major and Flint disappear. A new wagonmaster takes over!