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The Oregon Trail (1976)

Drama · Western

The Oregon Trail is a 14-episode NBC western television series starring Rod Taylor as the widower Evan Thorpe, who leaves his Illinois farm in 1842 to take the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest. The show also starred Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, and Gina Marie Smika as Thorpe's children. Darleen Carr starred as Margaret Devlin, one of the passengers on the wagon train, and Charles Napier portrayed Luther Sprague, a frontier scout recruited by Thorpe. The series was filmed in the Flagstaff, Arizona area.

IMDb rating
6.7 (145 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1976)

6.11 avg 7 episodes 7.1 → 5.2 67 min avg

Ep 0: 7.1 · 34 votesEp 1: 5.9 · 13 votesEp 2: 5.4 · 11 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 17 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 19 votesEp 11: 5.9 · 13 votesEp 13: 5.2 · 11 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Pilot7.134
1Hard Ride Home5.913
2The Last Game5.411
6Hannah's Girls6.717
8The Scarlet Ribbon6.619
11Evan's Vendetta5.913
13Wagon Race5.211