S01 E02 Reward for a Gunslinger Sept 20, 1881 - The stage line into Tombstone has been plagued by outlaw Frank Masters, resulting in the death of three coach drivers. With the mayor demanding action, Clay Hollister searches the county for the outlaw. Meanwhile, the stage company and the townspeople of Tombstone post a reward for $5000; attracting the attention of two shady bounty hunters who refuse to let Hollister stand between them and their reward.
This American western TV series ran for 3 seasons for a total of 91 episodes. I have "every" episode & I will upload each in order as they came out. Tough Sheriff Clay Hollister keeps the law in Tombstone, Arizona with the support of his faithful deputies and the editor of the local newspaper. Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The first season was sponsored by Bristol-Myers (consumer products) and the second season by Lipton (tea/soup) and Philip Morris (Marlboro cigarettes). The third and final season aired in syndication from 1959 until 1960. The program was produced by Ziv Television. The series did not deal with real characters in the history of Tombstone in the 1880s, such as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, or the Clanton gang, with the exception of Curly Bill Brocius who appeared in the first season. It was about fictional characters in the American Southwest. The first episode opens, according to the narrator, on August 4, 1881. Conway played Sheriff Clay Hollister. Eastham, the only other actor besides Conway to appear in all the episodes, played Harris Claibourne, editor of The Tombstone Epitaph (an actual newspaper that still exists in limited form).
Stars: Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, Quentin Sondergaard & many other fine actors.
Trivia:
Tombstone Territory: Payroll to Tombstone (1959), Tombstone Territory: Grave Near Tombstone (1959) and Tombstone Territory: The Noose That Broke (1959) all supposedly happened the same day: 8/12/1881.
Here are many businesses and services seen in Tombstone throughout the series. Some might have been mentioned in various episodes without being seen: Tombstone Courthouse; Tombstone Cafe; Tombstone Hospital; Al Hambra Saloon; Lucky Clain Saloon; Hafford's Saloon; Oriental Saloon, selling Buffalo Lager - signs outside the door; Russ House - Good Food and Lodging; Barber Shop - Shave 15 cents, Haircut 25 cents; Livery Stable and Blacksmith; Dressmaker; Undertaker and Funeral Parlor; Birdcage Theater; Bank; Stage Depot; American Hotel; Arcade Hotel; Cosmopolitan Hotel; Grand Hotel and Saloon; Hotel Occidental; Lenoir's Furniture Store, next door to the sheriff's office; Express Office; Hardware Store; Silver Lode Bank.
Goofs or Errors.
At the beginning of each episode, the narrator claims each is "An actual account from the pages of my newspaper, the Tombstone Epitaph." While the Epitaph was an actual newspaper in Tombstone circa 1881, the series is hit or miss for actual events- and characters. For example, the actual Territorial Governor John C. Fremont is mentioned in the pilot, however, Clay Hollister is referred to as Sheriff of Tombstone. Tombstone by late 1881 was in newly-formed Cochise County, so Hollister would have been called Sheriff of Cochise County. The actual Sheriff of Cochise County in late 1881 was Johnny Behan. Tombstone had a city marshal at the time, Virgil Earp. While Curly Bill Brocius, an actual person, appeared in the pilot (dated August 6, 1881) and two other episodes, no mention is made of the Earp family, who had resided in Tombstone since 1879. The third episode, dated November 1, 1881, was less than a week after the famous October 26, 1881 OK Corral shootout involving the Earps with Doc Holliday against Ike Clanton, Billy Claiborne, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton, yet no mention is made of this significant event.