Rawhide
Rawhide
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 Tumbleweed
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.
Incident of the Alabaster Plain
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 with an Executioner
Trails boss Gil Favor and ramrod Rowdy Yates encounter a stage coach accident while driving their cattle north.
Incident of the Widowed Dove
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 Edge of Madness
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 Power and the Plow
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 at Barker Springs
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 West of Lano
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 of the Town in Terror
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 Coyote Weed
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 Chubasco
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 Curious Street
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 Dog Days
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 Calico Gun
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 Fear in the Streets
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 the Dry Drive
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 Burst of Evil
The crew or the cattle drive captures a wild looking man who has been stalking their camp on foot.