Tales of Wells Fargo
White Indian
TV Flash files “White Indian” as hour 55 of 200 in the TV Flash guide — Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962) on NBC, season 3, episode 3, aired 1958-09-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E03: listed hour 55 of 200 in the Tales of Wells Fargo guide, hour 3 of 38 in season 3. It aired 1958-09-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Manuscript” (S03E02). Next is “The Golden Owl” (S03E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While Jim Hardie is in a town a Choctaw boy shows up with a note from Wells Fargo talking about a boy being ship to his parents from his grandmother. Hardie has to determine if the boy is the boy in the note and where his parents are.
Viewer FAQ
Where does White Indian sit in the Tales of Wells Fargo guide?
S03E03 is listed hour 55 of 200 — hour 3 of 38 in season 3, season 3 episode 3.
When did Tales of Wells Fargo S03E03 air?
White Indian aired 1958-09-22 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Robertson's soft-spoken agent on a company assignment. The Wells Fargo badge as case file is the form from week one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tales of Wells Fargo made Dale Robertson a soft-spoken company agent on the frontier circuit: procedural structure on the trail, top-ten western of the boom years. Real cowboy credentials instead of gimmicks. In 2026 it is corporate-cowboy justice as weekly form — the Wells Fargo badge as a case file, not just a logo.
The silhouette is a soft-spoken company man on a horse: no gimmick hat, a badge with a payroll, frontier light on a corporate cowboy. Tales of Wells Fargo (NBC, 1957–1962) made Dale Robertson a Wells Fargo agent — Jim Hardie — on the frontier circuit: procedural structure on the trail, top-ten western of the boom years, 200 episodes, six seasons. Frank Gruber and James Brooks. William Demarest as Jeb Gaine, Jack Ging as Beau McCloud in the later, ranch-expanded seasons. Robertson's real cowboy credentials sold…
Filed against
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- Jack Ging as Beau McCloud
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