The Monroes
1 9 6 6 - 1 9 6 7 (USA)
A family western TV series, The Monroes related the
doings of five orphans whose parents drowned when their covered
wagon's wheel broke and both were swept downstream, while on the
way to claim land in the Wyoming Territory in 1876.
Eighteen-year-old son Clayt (Michael Anderson Jr.) and
16-year-old daughter Kathy (Barbara Hershey) led their twin
brothers, their younger sister and their dog to their claim and
set about making a life for themselves.
Unfortunately their land was coveted by the evil Major Mapoy
(Liam Sullivan), who wasn't about to let the kids and their Native
American pal Dirty Jim (Ron Soble - and yes, they called him
"dirty" even though they liked him) get in his way.
Not to be confused with ABCs series of the same name in the
1990s (A tawdry series which focused on a powerful Kennedy-like
family headed by William Devane, which ran for a year starting in
1995).
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