The cattle drive, headed by trail boss Gil Favor and his chief assistant and "ramrod," Rowdy Yates, shares camp with a marshal and his deputy who are taking prisoners in for court trial via a tumbleweed wagon.

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Incident of the Tumbleweed

A water stop at a mission promises a delightful break in the hard work of driving cattle north until Rowdy Yates and his trail boss, Gil Favor, plus all the hands on the drive are invited to a wedding party.

Incident of the Alabaster Plain

Trails boss Gil Favor and ramrod Rowdy Yates encounter a stage coach accident while driving their cattle north.

Incident with an Executioner

Trail boss Gil Favor sees his crew of cattle drovers seeking release from the tensions of trail life by indulging in a shatteringly violent day off in a tough little frontier town.

Incident of the Widowed Dove

Bitter overtones of the recent War Between the States harass trail boss Gil Favor and ramrod Rowdy Yates as they push their cattle drive north from Texas.

Incident of the Edge of Madness

Trail boss Gil Favor and ramrod Rowdy Yates get a taste of the capricious power of Jed Reston, a cattle and land baron, as they drive their herd north.

Incident of the Power and the Plow

Trail boss Gil Favor and ramrod Rowdy Yates find themselves involved in a brother's crusade for revenge after one of their trail hands suddenly leaves the cattle drive, as they pass through Barker Springs, and subsequently is shot to death.

Incident at Barker Springs

Four sisters, headed by Hannah Haley are found huddled around their broken-down show wagon as trail boss Gil Favor and his ramrod drive their cattle north to market.

Incident West of Lano

Trail boss Gil Favor and his ramrod, Rowdy Yates, face the stalking terror of a life-devouring epidemic that strikes their cattle drive while they are on the open plains.

Incident of the Town in Terror

Trail boss Gil Favor and his ramrod Rowdy Yates find themselves, their crew and their cattle drive the target of a vicious gang of bandits who make the plains their stalking ground.

Incident of the Coyote Weed

A massive wind-swept plateau, one of the most difficult passes on the trip north, is the scene of the contest between Gil Favor and Jefferson Devereaux - boss of the country through which the drive is passing.

Incident of the Chubasco

Gil Favor and his ramrod, Rowdy Yates, leave their cattle drive to hunt a half dozen strays and stumble on a woman and her daughter being held prisoner.

Incident of the Curious Street

Trail boss Gil Favor faces the roughest test a cattle drover can meet when he takes his herd across the bone-dry staked plains.

Incident of the Dog Days

Midway across a desert valley with their herd, trail boss Gil Favor and his ramrod Rowdy Yates encounter a cabin in flames and its only survivor, Jenny Watson.

Incident of the Calico Gun

Trail boss Gil Favor and his ramrod Rowdy Yates leave the herd and race to a nearby town to find doctor for Pete Nolan, who has been badly gored by a steer.

Incident of Fear in the Streets

With their cattle in danger of dying from thirst, trail boss Gil Favor and his ramrod Rowdy Yates face an added threat from tyrant Jesse Hode.

Incident of the Dry Drive

The crew or the cattle drive captures a wild looking man who has been stalking their camp on foot.

Incident of the Burst of Evil

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A United States marshal arrests drover Jed Colby for an almost forgotten murder.

Incident of The Pursuit

Rowdy Yates becomes involved in small-town intrigue when two of his drovers try to save a pair of itinerants from being hanged.

Incident of the Encounter at Boot Hill

A killer involves Rowdy Yates and his drovers in his plan to keep possession of a champion stallion.

Incident of the Ride a Crooked Mile

As the victim of an old confidence game, Rowdy Yates accepts an offer of a high fee to bring herd through in a specified time.

Incident of the Six Weeks to Bent Fork

Drovers Blake and Quince are buried in an abandoned mine when they fire at an attacking bear and the concussion cause a cave-in.

Incident of the Walk Into Terror

Rowdy Yates tries to insure the safety of his drovers by hiring a sinister band of hungry Indians to help him drive the herd.

Incident of the Escort to Doom

A vicious old mountain, woman's back-country family hold Rowdy Yates for ransom when he tries to buy horses from them.

Incident of the Hostage for Hanging

Jed Colby and the wife of a rebel leader are held as hostages in a Mexican border revolution.

Incident of the Vasquez Woman

Rowdy Yates and his drovers become involved in the local politics of a small town and a militant suffragette reform movement.

Incident of the Clash at Broken Bluff

Rowdy Yates' chances of getting a big herd across a treacherous river are hampered by an alcoholic guide.

Incident of the Crossing at White Feather

The cattle drives of the late 1800s; crisscrossing back and forth over the Old West. These are the catalyzing impulses in this series about cattle drovers, and their encounters with friends, foes, and loves during their travels.

Incident of The Pursuit

Full Episodes

Season 8, 10 episodes