Season 20
All Episodes
Episode 3
Fire on Kelly Island
September 30, 1973
Phil Mallory is a bored forest watcher on Kelly Mountain. Although he knows he must stay in his tower to look for other fires, Phil longs to fight fires. Not far away, a major fire is burning, and a crew of other Forest Service workers are fighting it. When lightning strikes near Phil's station and starts a small fire, he goes out to investigate.
Episode 12
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1)
January 6, 1974
Alvin Fernald is a sixth-grader who wants to win an essay contest in his class. He is able to get an interview with the mayor, but while waiting in City Hall, Alvin and his friend, Shoie, hear something much more interesting.
Episode 14
Hogwild (1)
January 20, 1974
Tired of the city life in 1880's Chicago Morris Melborne buys a pig farm in Idaho. Moving his reluctant wife Martha and his children he finds the West still present challenges in the wilderness.
Episode 15
Hogwild (2)
January 27, 1974
An accident causes him to rely on his son to race against a neighboring pig rancher, since the first one to arrive to market gets the best prices. The boy loses but does win a wager large enough to pay for an operation for his father.