Jocelyn Brando

A college-educated farmer named Joe Coulter moves to Walnut Grove and tells the farmers of a new hybrid of corn that would produce good crops, and he even agrees to collect everyone's money and take a trip to purchase the corn for everyone. After a an accident on the way home, Joe is unable to return on time, causing everyone in town to feel cheated.

Stagecoach passengers refuse to take the next stage when an outlaw gang threatens to attack.

Wealthy merchant Martin Gatsby, a man with little compassion for the less able, wants the wagon train to keep rolling and demands that Hale leave an inexperienced rider behind.

The four Hooper brothers are orphaned when their parents are killed in a wagon accident.

Kitty Allbright is a nurse who joins the wagon train. She soon becomes concerned about the people's poor sanitation habits.

Cooper learns that his girlfriend Rose's (Annette Funicello) brother is a Brooklyn criminal.