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Line 348: − + − * John Pickard's character has filed a mining claim which conflicts with that of Curry's which was sent in by mail: but Mrs. Pritkin [[Hope Summers]] alerts Phil Curry that his dad's mining claim may have been illegally help up which was about to result in a dueling "Feud at Dome Rock" (1962).
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*Arthur Space was cast as failed gold prospector Herb Phinney in the 1954 episode, "The Rainbow Chaser." Kay Stewart (1919–2002) played Herb's long suffering wife, Lucretia, who takes over his job as a store clerk to make ends meet. When Herb begins to sit around the house all day with no attempt at working, Lucretia stakes him on another gold search just to be rid of him. Jimmy Hawkins played one of their two sons. Apparently, Herb never found any gold and dropped all contact with his family thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556859/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_73|title=The Rainbow Chaser on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}</ref> Space was subsequently cast as Ben Hudson in the 1959 episode "Hang 'Em High," the story of the laying of the transcontinental [[telegraph]] across the western United States at the beginning of the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556632/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_73|title=Hang 'Em High on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}</ref>
*Arthur Space was cast as failed gold prospector Herb Phinney in the 1954 episode, "The Rainbow Chaser." Kay Stewart (1919–2002) played Herb's long suffering wife, Lucretia, who takes over his job as a store clerk to make ends meet. When Herb begins to sit around the house all day with no attempt at working, Lucretia stakes him on another gold search just to be rid of him. Jimmy Hawkins played one of their two sons. Apparently, Herb never found any gold and dropped all contact with his family thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556859/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_73|title=The Rainbow Chaser on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}</ref> Space was subsequently cast as Ben Hudson in the 1959 episode "Hang 'Em High," the story of the laying of the transcontinental [[telegraph]] across the western United States at the beginning of the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556632/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_73|title=Hang 'Em High on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}</ref>
* Fay Spain played Calamity Jane, with Rhodes Reason as Wild Bill Hickok, in the 1966 episode, "A Calamity Called Jane." The episode centers upon Calamity joining Hickok's fledgling Wild West show. It ends with Hickok's assassination by Jack McCall in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556534/|title=A Calamity Called Jane on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref>
* Fay Spain played Calamity Jane, with Rhodes Reason as Wild Bill Hickok, in the 1966 episode, "A Calamity Called Jane." The episode centers upon Calamity joining Hickok's fledgling Wild West show. It ends with Hickok's assassination by Jack McCall in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556534/|title=A Calamity Called Jane on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref>
* Jeffrey Stone, the inspiration for [[Walt Disney]]'s "Prince Charming,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284822/?ref_=tt_cl_t2|title=Jeffrey Stone|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 15, 2019}}</ref> was cast as Dave Reid, a Philadelphian in the Death Valley country, in the 1961 episode, "The Salt War." In the story line, Reid tries to convince a rancher for whom he has romantic feelings, Rachel Emory (Lenore Roberts) (1929–1978), not to begin charging the public for [[salt]] on the Emory lands. Reid narrowly escapes a [[lynching]] as Rachel rides to his defense.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556875/|title=The Salt War on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=June 14, 2019}}</ref>
* Jeffrey Stone, the inspiration for [[Walt Disney]]'s "Prince Charming,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284822/?ref_=tt_cl_t2|title=Jeffrey Stone|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 15, 2019}}</ref> was cast as Dave Reid, a Philadelphian in the Death Valley country, in the 1961 episode, "The Salt War." In the story line, Reid tries to convince a rancher for whom he has romantic feelings, Rachel Emory (Lenore Roberts) (1929–1978), not to begin charging the public for [[salt]] on the Emory lands. Reid narrowly escapes a [[lynching]] as Rachel rides to his defense.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556875/|title=The Salt War on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 14, 2019}}</ref>
*Frank Sutton as self-proclaimed gunslinger "Diamondfield Jack," refused to give up that persona even to defend himself against a murder charge but was ably defended by future governor James H. Hawley (Edward Binns).
*Frank Sutton as self-proclaimed gunslinger "Diamondfield Jack," refused to give up that persona even to defend himself against a murder charge but was ably defended by future governor James H. Hawley (Edward Binns).