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How the West Was Won

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About How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won is a western and drama TV series that premiered on ABC on February 6, 1977. It has 3 seasons and 28 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 11 "The Slavers", aired on April 23, 1979.

The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.

  • Western
  • Drama

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Episodes

28 episodes · 3 seasons

Season 1

1977 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago

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    3. Bowie John Christie

    Finale
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    2. Erika

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    1. Provost Marshal

Season 2

1978 · 14 episodes · Last episode: 48 years ago

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    14. The Posse

    Finale
  2. E13

    13. The Hearing

  3. E12

    12. Secrets

  4. E11

    11. Brothers

    Otter Belt threatens to expose Taps affiliated with robber rabble of Zeb, which ends with the Tap kill him. Deek bribing a land manager to get over Macahan land and gold in their river bend. Josh comes to Las Mesas to help Luke, but fall in love with Doreen in the coup. Stillman uses Francis, Dore Head, to get Luke doomed. Tap tell her dark secret of Zeb and end up in a bloody gun duel.

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    10. Gold

    Luke saves the judges during the competition the Indians, and who tries to attack the referee helped get him pardoned.

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    9. The Judge

    Luke rescues Judge Rensen from a band of Indians, and the judge promises to do all he can to assist Luke in getting a full pardon.

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    8. Deek

    Doreen tells of Francis and Stillman for Zeb, and Josh is attacked by Stillman and his men. Molly has been busy defending itself against Deek.

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    7. Robber's Roost

    Molly and Jessie dilegens fail when they are on their way home, and a shocked Jessie goes out on the desert wandering. After that has been rescued by Josh and Laura takes Molly using Deek to find Jessie. Zab and Luke is unaware that Tap has it together with a gang of bandits and let him join as a cook on their journey to the Indian Reservation. Jessie found the Navajo Indian Teel-M. Deek have strong feelings for Molly, but he dismissed him repeatedly.

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    6. Cattle Drive

    Frank Grayson fabricating false evidence that Luke was in the lawless gang, and when the trial of Luke begins to see the bad. On top of all judges found the death.

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    5. Amnesty

    Zeb finds out that Beth is married to a war hero who is presumed to be dead. When the doctor fails to cure Zeb Jessie takes her to a medicine man of the Arapaho Indians in a desperate attempt to save her life. Zeb and Luke discovers a group of hungry Indians and decides to buy a herd of cattle as they run to the reserve, along with some Indians.

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    4. Orville Gant

    Luke tries to prevent the rampage by bandits to rob a gold shipment. In the turmoil killed their leader and Luke's friend Curt Grayson. Zeb rescues a woman from two bandits and discover that it is his old girlfriend Beth. Laura negative opinion of marriage to Jeremiah Taylor and Jessie in mortal danger after being stung wasp.

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    3. Interlude

    Luke is captured by a highwayman robber line composed of former soldiers in the Confederate Army. Zeb carrying Satangkais Sioux chief's body to General Sheridan after the governor had sacrificed their lives in the struggle for his people.

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    2. Mormon Story

    Zeb join the Sioux indians after one of the Russians had been killed in battle because of a breach of the Treaty. Mormon polygamists and Jeremiah Taylor suitors for Laura, who accepts.

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    1. Buffalo Story

    A conflict flare up since representatives from the Russian court chasing lots of buffalo on the Indians' territory. Zeb takes on the task of mediating between the Sioux Indians and the army. While Molly Culhane arrives into town to take care of the children.

Season 3

1979 · 11 episodes · Last episode: 47 years ago

Mountain man Zeb Macahan continue to lead the clan in the task of taming the new frontier, with Molly Culhane by his side. Fugitive deserter Luke sees a change in fortune, while Josh undergoes some arduous rites of passage. It's a peril well understood by sisters Laura and Jessie, who learn that falling for the "bad boy" may be a fatal mistake.

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    11. The Slavers

    Finale
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    10. China Girl

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    9. Luke

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    8. The Forgotten

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    7. The Scavengers

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    6. L'Affaire Riel

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    5. Hillary

    Luke embarks on a double mission: to win back his old flame Hillary and find the man who is suspected of murder as Luke once accused of - and to get him to confess.

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    4. The Innocent

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    3. The Enemy

    A by-the-book Army lieutenant clashes with the Macahans when he hunts for an Indian chief suspected of raiding wagon trains.

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    2. The Rustler

    Jessie is blindly in love with a handsome young stranger named Bob, who rescues her from a nasty villain. Together they flee to a small town and finds a priest who agrees to perform the ceremony.

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    1. The Gunfighter

    Rancher Henry Coe hires a professional gunman to drive the Macahans off what he considers to be his property. Frank Grayson ingratiates himself with the Macahans, but Josh recognizes him as the gunman once hired to kill Luke.

Cast & crew

  • Ben Davidson

    Ben Davidson

  • Lawrence Levine

  • David Dukes

    David Dukes

  • Jack Stauffer

    Jack Stauffer

  • John Quade

    John Quade

  • Gary Imhoff

    Gary Imhoff

  • Katy Kurtzman

    Katy Kurtzman

  • Luke Askew

    Luke Askew

  • Ken Curtis

    Ken Curtis

  • Booth Colman

    Booth Colman

  • Wilford Brimley

    Wilford Brimley

  • Sarah Cunningham

  • Fran Ryan

    Fran Ryan

  • Horst Buchholz

    Horst Buchholz

    Sergei

  • Fernando Lamas

    Fernando Lamas

    Fierro

  • David Yanez

    Manuel

How the West Was Won FAQ

Will there be new episodes of How the West Was Won?

How the West Was Won has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on April 23, 1979.

When did the latest episode of How the West Was Won come out?

The most recent episode of How the West Was Won, Season 3 Episode 11 "The Slavers", aired on April 23, 1979.

How many seasons of How the West Was Won are there?

How the West Was Won has 3 seasons with 28 episodes in total.

When did How the West Was Won first air?

How the West Was Won first aired on ABC on February 6, 1977.

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