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Death Valley Days
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Series Description:

The Death Valley Days TV show was a 30 minute anthology western action series that aired in sydication on CBS stations for a whopping 23 years from 1952-1975! It was about the pioneers, gunfighters, shopkeepers, and legendary figures who lived in and around Death Valley, California in the 1800s.

Series Hosts:

Stanley Andrews ......... Host (1952-1965)
Ronald Reagan ........... Host (1965-1966)
Robert Taylor ........... Host (1966-1968)
Dale Robertson .......... Host (1968-1972)
John Payne .............. Host (1972-1975)
Merle Haggard ........... Host (1975)

Death Valley Days Trivia:

There was also a Death Valley Days radio show that was broadcast from 1930 to 1945.

The sponsor remained the same throughout the radio and television broadcasts of Death Valley Days. "20 Mule Team Borax was and still is a cleaning agent used as a laundry booster and general housecleaning detergent. It is made from a material mined in Death Valley.

Ronald Reagan's appearances as host of Death Valley Days was his last show business gig before beginning his second career in politics. He did pretty well at that, becoming the Governor of California the very next year! After a couple of failed attempts, he eventually became the 40th President of the United States in 1981.

Ronald Reagan did not simply host Death Valley Days. He also appeared in several episodes as did Robert Taylor who took over as host when Reagan left in 1966.

Death Valley Days got an Emmy nomination in 1955 for "Best Western or Adventure Series" but lost out to "Stories of the Century". Fellow nominees were "Annie Oakley", "The Roy Rogers Show", and "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok".

You may have seen episodes of Death Valley Days and not even realized it! In 1958 episodes were rerun under the title, "Trails West" and hosted by Ray Milland. In 1963 episodes were rerun as "Western Star Theater" hosted by Rory Calhoun and in 1964 more were rerun as "The Pioneers" hosted by Will Rogers Jr.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

NOTE: Due to this series airing in syndication, air dates varied from station to station. There may or may not be episodes missing in the list below. Dozens of different sources claim dozens of different numbers for the total episode count with some as high as 558 episodes. The ones listed below are the only titles we've been able to verify. While it's totally possible that we are missing some, much of the discrepancy is probably due to rerun episodes being counted as new episodes. One thing we do know for sure is that syndication began on March 1, 1952 and ended on August 1, 1975.

The First Season

How Death Valley Got Its Name
She Burns Green
The Death Valley Kid
The Lost Pegleg Mine
The Little Bullfrog Nugget
Self-Made Man
The Chivaree
The Little Dressmaker of Bodie
Cynthy's Dream Dress
The Rival Hash House
The Lady with the Blue Silk Umbrella
Swamper Ike
The Bell of San Gabriel
Claim Jumpin' Jennie
The Bandits of Panamint
Sego Lilies
Little Oscar's Millions
Land of the Free

The Second Season

The Diamond Babe
Little Washington
Solomon in All His Glory
Which Side of the Fence?
Whirlwind Courtship
Dear Teacher
One in a Hundred
Little Papeete
Lotta Crabtree
Yaller
Twelve Pound Nugget
Jimmy Dayton's Treasure
Snowshoe Thompson
Husband Pro Tem
The Kickapoo Run
Sixth Sense
The Rainbow Chaser
Mr. Godiva

The Third Season

The Saint's Portrait
Eleven Thousand Miners Can't Be Wrong
Halfway Girl
Black Bark
The Light on the Mountain
To Big Charlie from Little Charlie
Sequoia
Lola Montez
The Big Team Rolls
Death and Taxes
Riggs and Riggs
Million Dollar Wedding
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
The Seventh Day
The Mormon's Grindstone
Death Valley Scotty
The Crystal Gazer
I Am Joaquin

The Fourth Season

Reno
The Valencia Cake
A Killing in Diamonds
The Homeliest Man in Nevada
Miracle of the Sea Gulls
Wildcat's First Piano
California's First Ice Man
The Hangman Waits
Gold Is Where You Find It
The Man Who'd Bet on Anything
The Baron of Arizona
Nevada's Plymouth Rock
The Hoodoo Mine
Mr. Bigfoot
Escape
Two Bits
Bill Bottle's Birthday
The Sinbuster
Pay Dirt
The Longest Beard in the World
Emperor Norton, 1st

The Fifth Season

Faro Bill's Layout
The Bear Flag
Pat Garrett's Side of It
The Hidden Treasure of Cucamonga
The Loggerheads
The Rose of Rhyolite
The Last Letter
Year of Destiny
Mercer Girl
California's Paul Revere
The Trial of Red Haskell
The Washington Elm
The Rosebush of Tombstone
The Luck of the Irish
Lady Engineer
Train of Events
The Man Who Was Never Licked

The Sixth Season

California Gold Rush in Reverse
Camel Train
California's First Schoolmarm
Arsenic Springs
Fifty Years a Mystery
Fifteen Paces to Fame
The Calico Dog
Rough and Ready
The Last Bad Man
The Greatest Scout of All
Empire of Youth
Wheel of Fortune
Man on the Run
Birth of a Boom
Yankee Pirate
Ten in Texas
Auto Intoxication
Two-Gun Nan
Cockeyed Charlie Parkhurst
The Great Amulet
Title Unknown
The Mystery of Suicide Gulch
The Big Rendezvous
The Girl Who Walked with a Giant
Jerkline Jitters
The Telescope Eye

The Seventh Season

Head of the House
The Captive
Ship of No Return
The Moving Out of Minnie
The Red Flannel Shirt
Big Liz
Thorn of the Rose
The Jackass Mail
Perilous Cargo
The Gambler and the Lady
Quon Lee
Old Gabe
The Gunsmith
A Piano Goes West
A Bullet for the Captain
A Town Is Born
Sailor on a Horse
Gold Lake
Wheelbarrow Johnny
Stagecoach Spy
Eruption at Volcano
Price of a Passport
Pioneer Circus
The Invaders
The Blonde King
The Newspaper That Went to Jail
Old Blue
Perilous Refuge
The Talking Wire
RX: Slow Death
Half a Loaf
Valley of Danger
Forty Steps to Glory

The Eighth Season

Oblivion
Gates After Morgan
Sam Kee and Uncle Sam
The Grand Duke
Fair Exchange
The Scalpel and the Gun
Indian Family
Hang 'Em High
Tribal Justice
The Little Trooper
Ten Feet of Nothing
Lady of the Press
The Reluctant Gun
His Brother's Keeper
The Devil's Due
Money to Burn
Dogs of the Mist
The Wedding Dress
Shadows on the Window
The Battle of Mokelumne Hill
The Strangers
Goodbye Five Hundred Pesos
Forbidden Wedding
One Man Tank
Man on the Road
The Man Everyone Hated
The General Who Disapproved
The Million Dollar Pants
Pirates of San Francisco
A Woman's Rights
Eagle in the Rocks
Cap'n Pegleg
Emma Is Coming
Human Sacrifice
Pete Kitchen's Wedding
Mission to the Mountains
The Great Lounsberry Scoop

The Ninth Season

Pamela's Oxen
Splinter Station
Queen of the High-Graders
Devil's Bar
Learnin' at Dirty Devil
Yankee Confederate
The Gentle Sword
Extra Guns
The White Healer
The Wind at Your Back
3-7-77
A Girl Named Virginia
City of Widows
The Young Gun
The Lady Was an M.D.
The Salt War
The Madstone
Deadline at Austin
South of Horror Flats
Gamble with Death
White Gold
Dead Men's Tale
Who's for Divide?
Dangerous Crossing
Death Ride
Loophole
The Red Petticoat
The Stolen City
A General Without Cause

The Tenth Season

Queen of Spades
The Hold-Up Proof Safe
Lieutenant Bungle
Third Passenger
Trial by Fear
Alias Jesse Stuart
Storm Over Truckee
Treasure of Elk Creek Canyon
A Bullet for the D.A.
The Watch
Miracle at Boot Hill
The Truth Teller
Sponge Full of Vinegar
Experiment in Fear
Miracle at Whiskey Gulch
Feud at Dome Rock
Justice at Jackson Creek
Preacher with a Past
Abel Duncan's Dying Wish
A Matter of Honor
The Breaking Point
Girl with a Gun
Way Station
The Unshakable Man
Showdown at Kamaaina Flats
La Tules

The Eleventh Season

Hangtown Fry
The $275,000 Sack of Flour
Suzie
Fort Bowie: Urgent
The Hat That Won the West
The Last Shot
To Walk with Greatness
Grass Man
Davy's Friend
Bloodline
The Vintage Years
The Private Mint of Clark, Gruber and Company
Loss of Faith
Pioneer Doctor
Stubborn Mule Hill
A Gun Is Not a Gentleman
The Lion of Idaho
The Debt
The Train and Lucy Tutaine
Grotto of Death
Diamond Jim Brady
Phantom Procession
With Honesty and Integrity
Coffin for a Coward
Shadow of Violence
The Melancholy Gun

The Twelfth Season

Thar She Blows
Measure of a Man
Kingdom for a Horse
Diamond Field Jack
Deadly Decision
The Man Who Died Twice
The Holy Terror
The Peacemaker
Three Minutes to Eternity
The Red Ghost of Eagle Creek
Graydon's Charge
Little Cayuse
The Wooing of Perilous Pauline
Sixty-Seven Miles of Gold
The Paper Dynasty
The Westside of Heaven
Hastings Cut-off
Law of the Round Tent
The Bigger They Are
The Last Stagecoach Robbery
A Book of Spanish Grammar
Trial at Belle's Springs
After the OK Corral
The Quiet and the Fury
See the Elephant and Hear the Owl
The Streets of El Paso

The Thirteenth Season

Honor the Name Dennis Driscoll
The Lucky Cow
Big John and the Rainmaker
From the Earth, a Heritage
The Other White Man
Hero of Fort Halleck
The Left Hand Is Damned
There Was Another Dalton Brother
Tribute to the Dog
The $25,000 Wager
A Bargain Is for Keeping
Peter the Hunter
Paid in Full
A Bell for Volcano
The Trouble with Taxes
The Race at Cherry Creek
Death in the Desert
Raid on the San Francisco Mint
Magic Locket
The Battle of San Francisco Bay
The Wild West's Biggest Train Holdup
No Gun Behind His Badge
Fighting Sky Pilot
The Journey
Kate Melville and the Law
Birthright

The Fourteenth Season

Temporary Warden
Captain Dick Mine
The Lawless Have Laws
The Great Turkey War
The Rider
Traveling Trees
No Place for a Lady
A City Is Born
The Book
Mrs. Romney and the Outlaws
Dry Water Sailors
Devil's Gate
The Red Shawl
A Picture of a Lady
Canary Harris vs. the Almighty
The Fastest Nun in the West
The Fight San Francisco Will Never Forget
Courtship of Carrie Huntington
Water Bringer
Crullers at Sundown!
Hugh Glass Meets the Bear
The Firebrand
The Hat That Huldah Wore
The Four Dollar Law Suit
An Organ for Brother Brigham
Lady of the Plains

The Fifteenth Season

The Day All Marriages Were canceled
Solid Gold Cavity
The Resurrection of Deadwood Dick
Brute Angel
Sense of Justice
The Lady and the Sourdough
The Kid from Hell's Kitchen
Samaritans, Mountain Style
One Fast Injun
The Jolly Roger and Wells Fargo
The Hero of Apache Pass
The Gypsy
A Calamity Called Jane
Doc Holliday's Gold Bars
Silver Tombstone
The Man Who Didn't Want Gold
Halo for a Badman
A Wrangler's Last Ride
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
The Saga of Dr. Davis
Major Horace Bell
The Day They Stole the Salamander
Siege at Amelia's Kitchen
Solid Foundation
Along Came Mariana
A Man Called Abraham

The Sixteenth Season

Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party
Chicken Bill
Let My People Go
The Lone Grave
The Girl Who Walked the West
The Informer Who Cried
Spring Rendezvous
Lost Sheep in Trinidad
The Saga of Sadie Orchard
The Indian Girl
Prince of the Oyster Pirates
The Friend
The Great Diamond Mines
Count Me In, Count Me Out
Dress for a Desert Girl
Britta Goes Home
Bread on the Desert
Green Is the Color of Gold
Out of the Valley of Death
The Gold Mine on Main Street
A Friend Indeed
The Thirty Calibre Town
The Other Side of the Mountain
By the Book
The Pieces of the Puzzle
Tall Heart, Short Temper

The Seventeenth Season

The Secret of the Black Prince
The Leprechaun of Last Chance
Ton of Tin
The Sage Hen
The Other Creek
A Mule, Like the Army's Mule
Lottie's Legacy
Lady with a Past
Short Cut Through Tombstone
Up the Chimney
The World's Greatest Swimming Horse
Ten Day Millionaires
The Restless Man
A Gift
Solomon's Glory
The Understanding
Long Night at Fort Lonely
Here Stands Bailey
Angel of Tombstone
A Full House
How to Beat a Bad Man
A Key for the Fort
Dropout
The Oldest Law
Lucia Darling and the Ostrich
Jimmy Dayton's Bonanza

The Eighteenth Season

The Taming of Trudy Bell
Tracy's Triumph
Old Stape
The Tenderfoot
Biscuits and Billy the Kid
Son of Thunder
The Lady Doctor
The Great Pinto Bean Gold Hunt
The Visitor
The King of the Uvalde Road
The Mezcla Man
Pioneer Pluck
Simple Question of Justice
The Wizard of Aberdeen
The Dragon of Gold Hill
The Biggest Little Post Office in the World
A Saint of Travelers
Talk to Me, Charley
Amos and the Black Bull
The Man Who Planted Gold in California
The Solid Gold Pie
A Gift from Father Tapis
Clum's Constabulary
The Contract
The Duke of Tombstone
Early Candle Lighten