Wagon Train - Season 8 Episode 11 The Clay Shelby Story
With Hawks ill and Comanches threatening to attack, an Army troop meets up with the wagon train. The Indians appear to greatly outnumber the soldiers, so to give the train hope the troop's lieutenant falsely tells Hale and Coop that there is also a relief column headed their way. Complicating matters even more, a sergeant from the troop recognizes Clay Shelby, a young man on the wagon train traveling with his pregnant wife, as a deserter from back in the Civil War whom he blames for the death of his brother.
- Genre: Western, Drama, Family
- Studio: NBC, ABC
- Keyword: historical, wagon train, post civil war, 19th century, american history, classic western
- Cast: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Michael Burns, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson
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