Death Valley Days
Season 18
26 listed hours · 1952–1970 · Syndication
From the desk
How this season is filed
Death Valley Days is the longest-running western anthology, Borax-sponsored Americana hosted by old pros and at least one future president. True-ish frontier tales as a brand. A 2026 viewer watches it for the host-as-pitchman ritual and the trivia that Ronald Reagan once sold 20 Mule Team from the same desk.
TV Flash files Season 18 of Death Valley Days (1952–1970) on Syndication as the last listed season of 18 — 26 listed hours, 1969-10-02–1970-04-24 from “The Taming of Trudy Bell” (S18E01) to “Early Candle Lighten” (S18E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Desk essentials in this season
- S18E26 Early Candle Lighten
Early Candle Lighten closes this mega-pack: last named hour of the Borax trail, pitchman hosts packed away after a record western run.
- S18E01 The Taming of Trudy Bell
- S18E02 Tracy's Triumph
- S18E03 Old Stape
- S18E04 The Tenderfoot
- S18E05 Biscuits and Billy, the Kid
- S18E06 Son of Thunder
- S18E07 The Lady Doctor
- S18E08 The Great Pinto Bean Gold Hunt
- S18E09 The Visitor
- S18E10 The King of Uvalde Road
- S18E11 The Mezcla Man
- S18E12 Pioneer Pluck
- S18E13 A Simple Question of Justice
- S18E14 The Wizard of Aberdeen
- S18E15 The Dragon of Gold Hill
- S18E16 The Biggest Little Post Office in the World
- S18E17 A Saint of Travelers
- S18E18 Talk to Me, Charley
- S18E19 Amos and the Black Bull
- S18E20 The Man Who Planted Gold in California
- S18E21 The Solid Gold Pie
- S18E22 A Gift from Father Tapis
- S18E23 Clum's Constabulary
- S18E24 The Contract
- S18E25 The Duke of Tombstone
- S18E26 Early Candle Lighten
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