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Here is where you will find some of the best, and worst, western television shows from the 1950's and 60's. Great cowboy characters and cowboy shows never die, they end up here on Rope and Wire Western T.V.
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Bonanza
NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes.
Bonanza Ranks as the second longest running western series (behind Gunsmoke). It centers on the Cartwright family, which lived in the area around Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
The Rifleman
ABC, from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963
The Rifleman Starring Chuck Connors as homesteader Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory.
The Gene Autry Show
The series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956.
Gene Autry had already established his singing cowboy character on radio and the movies. Now he and his horse Champion were featured in a weekly television series of western adventures.
The Lone Ranger
The popular television show ran from 1949 to 1957.
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. Clayton Moore played the Lone Ranger. Tonto was played by Jay Silverheels.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
CBS from 1956 to 1961.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre The series was originally based on the short stories and novels of Western author Zane Grey, but as the episodes continued, new material was included.
Stories of the Century
Stories of the Century ran in syndication between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
Jim Davis portrayed the role of fictitious Southwestern Railroad detective Matt Clark. Davis also did narration for each episode. Mary Castle co-starred in twenty-six episodes as Clark’s attractive assistant, Frankie Adams.
Annie Oakley
The series ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in syndication.
Annie Oakley is a series which fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The show stars Gail Davis in the title role, and co-starred Brad Johnson as Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig and Jimmy Hawkins, as Annie's brother, Tagg.
Dusty's Trail
Aired in syndication from September 1973 to March 1974.
Dusty's Trail The series is set in the 19th century about a small group of travelers on their way to California who become separated from their wagon train and become lost.
The Roy Rogers Show
NBC between December 30, 1951 and June 9, 1957.
The show starred Roy Rogers as a ranch owner, Dale Evans as the proprietress of the Eureka Cafe in fictional Mineral City, and Pat Brady as Roy’s sidekick and Dale's cook.
Bat Masterson
NBC from 1958 to 1961.
The show took a tongue-in-cheek outlook, with Barry's Masterson often dressed in expensive Eastern clothing and preferring to use his cane rather than a gun to get himself out of trouble, hence the nickname "Bat".
Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days is a series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area.
Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s.
26 Men
The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.
The program stars Tristram Coffin as the real life Captain Thomas H. Rynning and Kelo Henderson, as Ranger Clint Travis.
Wagon Train
Wagon Train first rolled on the air on September 18, 1957 to begin an eight year run which would eventually place the TV show in the number one spot in the Nielson ratings.
The series ran on NBC from 1957–62 and then on ABC from 1962–65.
The Cisco Kid
Aired between 1950 and 1956.
It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.
