Death Valley Days

Death Valley Days - Syndicated

Syndicated

Anthology Series

1952

TVPG

Anthology

Western

Stories based on the legends and lore of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area.

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Monday, March 16

The Man Who Planted Gold in California

Season 18 • Episode 20

A sheriff schemes to win an interest in California's wine industry.

Monday, March 16

The Solid Gold Pie

Season 18 • Episode 21

A town's pie supply is threatened when the loveless lady baker decides to leave.

Monday, March 16

A Gift From Father Tapis

Season 18 • Episode 22

Father de la Cuesta ponders a hand organ as the renegade Joaquin's gang threatens his mission.

Monday, March 16

Clum's Constabulary

Season 18 • Episode 23

When a white settler dies on their reservation, Apache policemen must solve the murder.

Tuesday, March 17

The Contract

Season 18 • Episode 24

Red Eagle and Little Fawn fight an unscrupulous businessman to secure an army freight contract.

Tuesday, March 17

The Duke of Tombstone

Season 18 • Episode 25

A gambler arrives to collect his poker winnings, which includes half of Tombstone, Ariz.

Tuesday, March 17

Early Candle Lighten

Season 18 • Episode 26

A cook skims gold nuggets off miners while working at their camp and faces the penalty of hanging.

Tuesday, March 17

How Death Valley Got Its Name

Season 1 • Episode 1

A group of wagons begins to run out of food and water after becoming trapped in a hot desert.

Wednesday, March 18

The Little Bullfrog Nugget

Season 1 • Episode 2

Mamie, the grocer's daughter, plans to marry the suitor who corners the local egg market.

Wednesday, March 18

The Lost Pegleg Mine

Season 1 • Episode 3

Two people set out into the desert in search of the lost "Pegleg" Mine.

Wednesday, March 18

The Little Dressmaker of Bodie

Season 1 • Episode 4

A quiet dressmaker is discovered to be a former dance-hall queen from Virginia City.

Thursday, March 19

She Burns Green

Season 1 • Episode 5

The story of Aaron Winters, his wife Rosie and their discovery of borax in Death Valley.

Thursday, March 19

The Death Valley Kid

Season 1 • Episode 6

A young bandit outwits a determined Sheriff at every turn.

Thursday, March 19

Self-Made Man

Season 1 • Episode 7

A miner is encouraged by a dance-hall girl to study law after he loses an arm in a shooting fracas.

Friday, March 20

The Chivaree

Season 1 • Episode 8

A Bostonian marries a local girl in a desert mining town thereby instigating a three-day chivaree.

Friday, March 20

The Lady with the Blue Silk Umbrella

Season 1 • Episode 9

Mary Helen Crosby conceals government papers in her umbrella to insure their safe arrival.

Friday, March 20

The Rival Hash Houses

Season 1 • Episode 10

A young widow from the east offers competition to a Nevada cafe when she opens a rival restaurant.

Friday, March 20

Swamper Ike

Season 1 • Episode 11

A young man must prove his identity in order to marry the white girl he loves.

Monday, March 23

Cynthy's Dream Dress

Season 1 • Episode 12

An embittered prospector denies his wife a purple silk dress.

Monday, March 23

The Bell of San Gabriel

Season 1 • Episode 13

A young monk, on his way to the San Gabriel Mission, gets lost and ends up in Death Valley.

Monday, March 23

Claim Jumpin' Jennie

Season 1 • Episode 14

Claim jumper Jennie attempts to jump the mining claim of Buck Hansen near Rhyolite, Nevada.

Tuesday, March 24

The Bandits of Panamint

Season 1 • Episode 15

Two men must find a way to stake a claim without going to jail.

Tuesday, March 24

Sego Lilies

Season 1 • Episode 16

A young wife finds it difficult to adjust to life on the prairie after moving from Salt Lake City.

Wednesday, March 25

Little Oscar's Millions

Season 1 • Episode 17

A man spends his last $10 on a town lot and the lot winds up being a gold mine.

Wednesday, March 25

Land of the Free

Season 1 • Episode 18

Two slaves are given permission to go west and pan gold in order to earn their freedom.

Wednesday, March 25

Solomon in All His Glory

Season 2 • Episode 3

The town drunk tries to reform before his sister arrives.

Thursday, March 26

Which Side of the Fence?

Season 2 • Episode 4

A territorial dispute threatens the border town of Aurora and a young couple's love.

Thursday, March 26

Little Washington

Season 2 • Episode 2

A society belle finds herself living in Carson City, Nev., known as Little Washington.

Thursday, March 26

Whirlwind Courtship

Season 2 • Episode 5

A gold miner turned lawyer falls head over heels in love.

Thursday, March 26

Dear Teacher

Season 2 • Episode 6

A new teacher puts mischievous students in their place, but one student conspires to get rid of her.

Friday, March 27

The Diamond Babe

Season 2 • Episode 1

An ostracized woman saves her town from a deadly epidemic.

Friday, March 27

One in a Hundred

Season 2 • Episode 7

A new rifle in restricted use brings the threat of death to a pioneer family.

Friday, March 27

Little Papeete

Season 2 • Episode 8

The first volunteer fire brigade in Columbia, Calif., and a fire engine called Little Papeete.

Friday, March 27

Lotta Crabtree

Season 2 • Episode 9

One of the most beloved American entertainers of the late 19th century.

Monday, March 30

Snowshoe Thompson

Season 2 • Episode 13

John Thompson wants to get the mail out during the winters and comes up with ways to make it happen.

Monday, March 30

The Twelve Pound Nugget

Season 2 • Episode 11

After a woman gives birth to a baby, word about a "12-pound nugget" stirs up a mining town.

Tuesday, March 31

Jimmy Dayton's Treasure

Season 2 • Episode 12

A lovelorn man who buys a toupee and a new set of teeth to win a dance-hall girl.

Tuesday, March 31

Yaller

Season 2 • Episode 10

A young miner afflicted with claustrophobia.

Tuesday, March 31

Husband Pro Tem

Season 2 • Episode 14

A mining engineer tries to negotiate with Indians who won't allow a railroad to cross their lands.

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