I was a little surprised by Wagon Train: The Sam Darland Story because I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. This season six episode reminds me a lot of Boys Town and Father Flanigan, though there isn’t any connection. It’s just the idea that makes me connect the two.
In Wagon Train: The Sam Darland Story, Art Linkletter turns in a very nice
performance as Darland, a man who was down on his luck when he met some orphaned boys who had nowhere to go. Over time, Darland and his boys grew in number, and they decided to go west and find a place to make a real home for themselves. They always worked for what they received, and they were a family.
The wagon train comes across ...