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Stopover in a One-Horse Town. A writer by the name of Clemens comes to Jackson to start a newspaper and is impressed by Will and Ephram's ingenuity at getting other kids to help them paint a fence for free--for which they are being paid.
- Drama, Family, Western
- 48
- 1982-10-26
- Michael Landon
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Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) arrives in Jackson during his itinerant journalist days, and sets up a newspaper to fight the evil influence of Garrett. Ephram and Will join him as copyboys/reporters, and in a comical turn of events, they become the inspiration for Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Stopover in a One-Horse Town Aired Oct 26, 1982 Drama Reviews Samuel Clemens, a young reporter, arrives in Jackson where he finds literary inspiration by watching the orphans' antics.
Murphy disguises himself as a priest and befriends a schoolmarm to help the children find a home. At the end of the first season, John's true identity is revealed to the head of the workhouse, and the orphans seem destined for a life of labor.
Murphy and Mae join the Pinkertons on a cross-country train chase when one of their young orphans becomes heir to a large inheritance... and is kidnapped in an attempt to keep her from showing up to claim it. Read More
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