Original title
Tombstone Territory
Released
10/16/1957
Origin country
US
Genre
Western
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
91
Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The third and final season aired in syndication from 1959 until 1960.
August 6, 1881 - After Clay gives lawyer and saloon owner, J. Homer Radcliffe, a bill for his taxes, he challenges Clay to collect back taxes from a group of outlaws who are occupying different hideouts far from Tombstone but within the county. Clay uses the services of Curly Bill Brocius as his deputy and guide.
A mysterious person assists Sheriff Hollister in finding a criminal. A large reward is offered.
Sheriff Hollister's deputy shoots Sam Brewster's son in an act of self-defense. Sam Brewster readies his men to ravage or destroy the town. It looks as if the sheriff will be the only one to face the horde.
Kangaroo Court, fake telegram, and an outlaw who acted quite differently in the town he called home. Hody Taylor...a town wants revenge.
Harris, the editor of the Tombstone Epitaph, exposes a card shark. The card shark is not please and tries to get Harris to retract his story. Harris is challenged to a duel by someone with a lot of experience in gun duels.
Hollister responds to a situation at the saloon. His life is saved by a gunman, maybe if just for a little while. The person who saves Hollister doesn't hesitate to use a gun even if he has to use it on the sheriff himself.
Hollister is overcome by two criminals. He methodically wears them down through the desert.
An Apache seeks to avenge the death of his father, and he succeeds. The brother of the man who is killed wants Sheriff Hollister to bring in the Apache preferably dead.
A preacher is robbed. The preacher wants to establish a church in a town where the local power broker and his crew do not want one.
The Sheriff and the editor travel to a town that is mysteriously empty. A band of Confederate marauders come for a visit while Apaches wait for their moment to attack.
Sheriff Hollister's new deputy loves his gun so much it interferes with the duties of the job.
Hollister disguises himself as an outlaw to catch a Mexican bandit who killed a bank teller during a robbery.
June 4, 1885 - Cattle broker and former rustler, Kirk Stevens, is feeling the squeeze from Sheriff Hollister's campaign to stamp out rustling in the county. His partner Monty offers to run a newspaper in opposition to the Epitaph so they can influence public opinion against Hollister. The Bugle newspaper opens for business in Tombstone.
May 10, 1881 - A religious sect decides to settle down five miles from Tombstone and Ben Ashdown, one of the young men, goes to work for Harris. However, Lige Crown and his friends want to drive them away from Tombstone. They plan to tar and feather Elder Elias Ransom.
June 19, 1882 - Outlaw Ed Mace is passing through Tombstone when he kills two men in a saloon, one of those being Clay Hollister's deputy. Mace leaves town headed for Durango where he intends to kill Doc Holliday. Mace is looking for revenge for his bother's death back in Texas. Sheriff Hollister, having been deputized as a US Marshal, goes after Mace and his gang.
Sept 2, 1885 - Con man George Camden and his sister Patricia arrive in Tombstone. Soon after getting off the stage, they visit an old friend and associate Aaron McCafin and take possession of his Double T ranch. George hatches a plan to invite Sheriff Hollister out for Sunday lunch, and while he's being entertained by Patricia, George slips into town and robs the bank.
Young troublemaker Billy Clanton makes a pass at Lisa Carew, getting into a fight with her father, who has promised Lisa to Johnny Coster. But Lisa, feeling stifled by her father and Johnny's tight-knit Cornish community, runs away from her home and comes to Clay for help.
Bill Doolin, a former outlaw recently released from prison, returns to Tombstone only to discover his wife has been kidnapped. She is being held prisoner by the family of a man about to go on trial for murder where the star witness will be Clay Hollister. They will only release her if Doolin kills Sheriff.
A pretty blonde arrives on the stage in Tombstone. Julie Dixon is traveling between towns working as a faro dealer while she tries to find her brother Sam, a gambler and a murderer. Sheriff Hollister is intrigued by the fact that she meets every incoming stagecoach. What the sheriff doesn't know is the real reason behind why Julie is so intent on finding Sam.
Oct 13, 1886 - A wounded Mexican freedom fighter, Santiago is fleeing with his men "The Faceless Ones" through the town of Tombstone. Sheriff Clay Hollister permits the small group to resupply but insists they move out of the territory. Finding the fatally wounded Santiago and his men held up in a cave just outside town, Hollister agrees to bring Santiago's younger brother to him before he dies. What Hollister doesn't realize is that Santiago's brother is not who he seems to be.
August 12, 1886 - Former bank robber Sam Colby and his two partners intend to ambush and rob an army payroll wagon using a stolen Gatling gun. After setting their trap, Colby rides into Tombstone to purchase as much ammunition as he can and comes into contact with Harris Claibourne and his former fiancé Sarah Medford. Colby's violent actions bring him to the attention of Sheriff Clay Hollister who has serious concerns about Colby and the real reasons behind his visit.
July 16, 1885 - The Black Marshal of Deadwood, Marshal Daggett, arrives in Tombstone to settle down as a rancher. Sheriff Hollister is concerned that once word gets out that he's in town, criminals from his past will come to Tombstone seeking revenge. When Hollister finds out his gun hand has been crippled from a previous wound, he does all he can to keep Daggett safe.
June 9, 1888 - Clay Hollister arrests Milo Wade for murder in a border town and begins the return journey to Tombstone to take Wade back for trial. On the trail, Wade is freed by his young brother Seth and they leave Hollister for dead in the desert
July 7, 1884 - A young Barton Clark Jr. comes to Tombstone to learn about life and takes a job with Clay Hollister as a jailer. When Hollister arrests Rose, wanted in Texas for cattle rustling and robbery, Barton falls for her charms and soon falls in love. Rose takes advantage of the situation and has Barton help her to escape by knocking the sheriff unconscious.
On a two day stagecoach ride to Larrabee, Hollister, two men and a woman stop overnight at a hotel. Next day, one of the men kills the stagecoach driver to stop a warrant being delivered, but realizes his big mistake too late.
July 8, 1882 - R.C. (Pop) Tuttle married Grace, a much younger woman, in Tombstone but encouraged everyone to move to Benson. Pop Tuttle wants Benson to be the county seat because, unlike Tombstone, they have plenty of water. Meanwhile, some of the citizens of Tombstone realize they must raise money to purchase a steam pump because a year earlier, in 1881, a fire almost wiped out all of Tombstone. Then in July, 1882, Tombstone does suffer its second worst fire.
With a long standing feud between the Caswells and the Harpers, and Jeff Harper arriving in Tombstone after 5 years in jail, Sam Caswell hires a gunfighter Chuck Ashley to deal with him. Harper's pride makes him want to face up to Ashley.
Hollister finds Anita Torison with stolen jewelry, and escorts her on a warrant to Tucson on the stagecoach. An incident at a way station en route raises his suspicions, and he has to find which passenger is her accomplice Boone Cahill.
October 16, 1882 - President Chester Arthur has sent Ferguson from Washington, D.C. to investigate crime in Tombstone. Elizabeth Blythe, a newspaper reporter from New York, has come with him. Ed Chandler and his gang kidnap both of them to try to force Clay to release Ed's brother, Joe, from jail. Ferguson and Blythe learn that "wherever there's sudden wealth, there's sudden death". "There's always crime and lawlessness in a boom town.
May 31, 1885 - Jake Conroy arrives in Tombstone after having learned to become an expert wheelwright in Yuma Prison. Jake's partner, Red River Tom aka Hobey Jones, guns down the town wheelwright so Jake can take the job. Then together they plan a payroll robbery.
April 27, 1880 - Lawyer Fred Griffin wants to take over the Indian land so he can then sell it to the railroad, so he hires Jess Buckhorn to stir up Indian trouble. When Buckhorn fails to kill Little Hawk, a horse thief, before he rides into Tombstone, Griffin then tries to stir up lynch talk. To save Little Hawk from a lynch mob, Clay and his two deputies take him to Father Miguel at the mission. Little Hawk asks Father Miguel for sanctuary and claims he was only moving the six horses to better pasture. However, to make his escape, Little Hawk shoots Dexter, one of Clay's deputies, and knocks out Father Miguel.
April 12, 1882 - Ambitious writer, Jay Pelf, is the leader of an outlaw gang including Sam Crane and his younger brother, Kirby. Jay Pelf wants to make Clay the next national hero - a legend.
May 12, 1882 - Ron Browning tries to pay Harris to print his obituary before he has died. Then he tries to commit suicide because he doesn't want to meet his fiance who's coming in on the stage the next day. He is ashamed that he's not been a financial success. Harris stops Ron from committing suicide, and Clay puts Ron in jail overnight for his own protection. However, Ike Cobb breaks jail and forces Ron to go with him.
September 10, 1882 - The three Thomas brothers are upset when drifter Paul Hayden, who's on probation and working for Harris, starts dating their older sister, Karen.
April 12, 1884 - Clay killed Wally Anson in self-defense, so Wally's father, Flint Anson, has offered $10,000 to the first person or persons bringing him proof of Clay's death.
A horseshoe print is Hollister's only clue to robbery-murder.
Clay Hollister expects a jail break but not the one that occurs.
A mine collapse kills yet another man, but Anson Gurney sends his workers back inside to dig another shaft. When Claibourne uses the Epitaph to try to improve safety at the mines, Gurney has plans of his own to ruin him and his business.
Hiding in a stable, Adam Kirby witnesses the murder of a man who wanted a refund after buying stolen cattle. Hollister takes Kirby to Charleston to identify the killer, but he is too afraid to say anything, until the truth finally emerges.
Kyle Dodge is escorted by a Marshall to Yuma prison. Both arrive in Tombstone wounded from ambush. Hollister is suspicious that a number of strangers in town may be part of Dodge's gang and has to use his wits to keep Dodge in custody.
After a gang robs the saloon, the leader kills two of his men and flees Tombstone. A fake headline in the Epitaph stating one man is recovering leads to Claibourne kidnapped as hostage for the outlaw's release, but Hollister is too smart.
Claibourne's old friend never makes it to Tombstone: he's killed on the way
June 3, 1882 - Bert Magraw and his new wife, Jeannie, arrive in Tombstone on the stage from Tucson. In reality, Bert is her third husband, and she is still married to Vince Sanders, who tries to kill both Bert and Clay.
July 8, 1889 - Clay is taking Renee Carter to serve a term of 18 months in Yuma Prison, but he suspects her boyfriend, Frank Fallon, is really guilty.
Sheriff Clay Hollister sends for a woman lawyer to settle a dispute between a mine owner and a local businessman. Clay is unaware that one of the men has been stealing gold and hording it in blocks of ice.
June 3, 1884 - Clay gets Tulsa Jack to help him prove that popular, generous Lily Murdock is behind the deaths of the miners she grubstaked.
November 9, 1883 - Marshal Vern Fawcett resigns after killing one of the Holcomb Brothers and returns to Tombstone to be with his family and to marry his girlfriend.
December 9, 1884 - Nurse Mary Rice takes care of Eddie Casper, a young gunman who attacked Clay and was sorely wounded by him.
John Whittaker places ads with hidden codes in the Epitaph, telling his gang members where and when to rob the Argus mine shipments.
October 9, 1882 - A former carnival act, Liz Dolthan with a phenomenal memory and her partner, Packard, turn to safecracking. They both ask the Wells Fargo agent to put their valuables in his safe overnight - her jewels and his $1,000. She memorizes the combination to the safe as the agent turns the tumbler. That night, she robs the safe. Clay becomes suspicious of her when she describes her stolen jewelry is such incredible detail, including the number of pearls and the serial number on the clasp.
A man schemes to avenge the death of his outlaw father. His target: Hollister.
November 7, 1881 - Murderer Sam Edwards has been sentenced to hang, but his brother, John, kidnaps Harris and takes him hostage in order to save Sam from the gallows.
Outlaw chief Frank Banta’s gang kidnaps the territorial governor in order to save the life of his brother, who is scheduled to hang.
May 19, 1882 - The Tombstone bank is robbed and a handyman is killed. The three thieves give the money to Dan Jensen for safekeeping. Dan's brother, Ben, is the leader of the gang. Hope (Mrs. Dan) Jensen returns the money to Clay, who is then held hostage for the stolen bank money.
January 20, 1881 - Belle Reed, Clay's former girlfriend, is now running away from her more recent boyfriend, Ben Quaid. She wants to return east with her sister, Gwen. However, before Gwen arrives, Ben kills Belle and flees to Mexico. Gwen impersonates Belle and follows Ben to Mexico to avenge the murder of her sister.
On the road outside Tombstone, Clay encounters three escaped criminals who have discovered a fortune in silver. The plan to kill the sheriff is their secret.
October 17, 1884 - Clay and Harris join Sheriff Eli Parsons and Deputy McQueen in the pursuit of three escaped convicts. Deputy McQueen actually wants to gun down all three of them because one of them, Tom Holden, is innocent. Deputy McQueen had framed him for the Wells Fargo job.
August 16, 1881 - Tombstone is suffering from a terrible heat wave for the tenth straight day. In hotel lobbies, Mrs. Curtis pretends to faint and drops her purse and/or handkerchief. When the hotel clerks bend down to retrieve her possessions, she murders them and robs the hotel cash drawer. In Tombstone, she has killed both Mark Jenkins in the American Hotel and Bates in the Occidental Hotel. Clay assumes he is looking for a man at least six feet tall since the bullets entered each man at a downward slant. However, he does notice a heavy scent near each victim. Meanwhile, Curtis' partner, Douglas Metcalf, an insurance investigator, has arrived in Tombstone. Clay notices the same lavender scent on him as well as on Mrs. Curtis.
October 20, 1883 - Territorial Governor Armstrong arrives in Tombstone just ahead of Kansas Joe Barton, who has been released from Yuma Prison and has sworn to kill him. However, Lt. Governor Owens is actually the man who's trying to assassinate the Governor. Clay realizes that Kansas Joe Barton could not have written the threatening note to the Governor because he knows that Kansas Joe Barton cannot read or write.
Sheriff Hollister captures Lafe Jackson while trying to rendezvous with his gang to divide the loot from a robbery. Jackson and Hollister soon find themselves fighting at each other’s side when the gang decides to kill both men.
Geronimo's willing to negotiate a treaty but a member of his tribe isn't.
Claibourne follows up a report that a notorious outlaw is living in Tombstone as a respected citizen. Sheriff Hollister tries to find the man before Claibourne, and both find themselves in grave danger when they get the answer to the mystery.
Hollister's forced into a gun fight before the wound in his trigger arm heals.
June 8, 1883 - Horn and Hugh Burnett have stolen $8,000 from the Tombstone bank. They give $3,000 to Will Gunther in exchange for food and hiding them in the lower level of his barn. Will fears that his wife, Viola, will leave him for Hugh Burnett, so he kills Hugh. However, Viola leaves her husband, Will, to join Horn Burnett.
Hollister's masquerade as outlaw Bert Taggert fails when the real Taggert appears.
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