Favorite TV Westerns

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When I was growing up there were two kinds of shows on television: sitcoms and Westerns. I don't remember there being too much in the way of dramas. Programs typically lasted a half hour, with Westerns being an hour and some as long as 90 minutes. It was an age when sitcoms were good clean fun. Not like the sitcoms of today. However, this isn't about sitcoms, but Westerns, which were more my style than sitcoms. Another favorite Western from my younger days, that I didn't watch as often, but still enjoyed, was Wagon Train. It had a wonderful cast of interesting characters. Charlie Wooster, sometimes called Wishbone, the cook, Cooper, one of the scouts, and the wagon master, Major Seth Adams. All different, and all making the show come together in a way that made you become part of the action. And Westerns were full of action, which is what I loved about them. Cast members included: Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster Terry Wilson as Bill Hawks the Assistant Wagon Master Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams the Wagon Master in the earliest episodes John McIntire as Christopher Hale the next Wagon Master Robert Fuller as one of the scouts Cooper Smith Denny Miller as one of the scouts Duke Shannon There were many more cast members, but those are the major ones. Each episode took passengers across the plain states from Missouri to California, battling anything and everything from stories about the passengers to Indians. Each episode had a story to tell. Did you watch Wagon Train? Thanks for reading. Some information verified from IMDB. Image from IMDB