Tombstone Territory: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Tombstone Territory Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Red Terror of Tombstone
Oct 9, 1959 · 30 min
July 8, 1882 - R.C. (Pop) Tuttle married Grace, a much younger woman, in Tombstone but encouraged everyone to move to Benson. Pop Tuttle wants Benson to be the county seat because,
To the Last Man
Oct 16, 1959 · 30 min
With a long standing feud between the Caswells and the Harpers, and Jeff Harper arriving in Tombstone after 5 years in jail, Sam Caswell hires a gunfighter Chuck Ashley to deal wit
The Hidden Gunman
Oct 23, 1959 · 30 min
Hollister finds Anita Torison with stolen jewelry, and escorts her on a warrant to Tucson on the stagecoach. An incident at a way station en route raises his suspicions, and he has
The Writer
Oct 30, 1959 · 30 min
October 16, 1882 - President Chester Arthur has sent Ferguson from Washington, D.C. to investigate crime in Tombstone. Elizabeth Blythe, a newspaper reporter from New York, has com
Payroll Robbery
Nov 6, 1959 · 30 min
May 31, 1885 - Jake Conroy arrives in Tombstone after having learned to become an expert wheelwright in Yuma Prison. Jake's partner, Red River Tom aka Hobey Jones, guns down the to
The Horse Thief
Nov 13, 1959 · 30 min
April 27, 1880 - Lawyer Fred Griffin wants to take over the Indian land so he can then sell it to the railroad, so he hires Jess Buckhorn to stir up Indian trouble. When Buckhorn f
The Legend
Nov 20, 1959 · 30 min
April 12, 1882 - Ambitious writer, Jay Pelf, is the leader of an outlaw gang including Sam Crane and his younger brother, Kirby. Jay Pelf wants to make Clay the next national hero
Premature Obituary
Nov 27, 1959 · 30 min
May 12, 1882 - Ron Browning tries to pay Harris to print his obituary before he has died. Then he tries to commit suicide because he doesn't want to meet his fiance who's coming in
Dangerous Romance
Dec 4, 1959 · 30 min
September 10, 1882 - The three Thomas brothers are upset when drifter Paul Hayden, who's on probation and working for Harris, starts dating their older sister, Karen.
Self-Defense
Dec 11, 1959 · 30 min
April 12, 1884 - Clay killed Wally Anson in self-defense, so Wally's father, Flint Anson, has offered $10,000 to the first person or persons bringing him proof of Clay's death.
The Marked Horseshoe
Dec 18, 1959 · 30 min
A horseshoe print is Hollister's only clue to robbery-murder.
The Noose That Broke
Dec 25, 1959 · 30 min
Clay Hollister expects a jail break but not the one that occurs.
Death Writes a Headline
Jan 1, 1960 · 30 min
A mine collapse kills yet another man, but Anson Gurney sends his workers back inside to dig another shaft. When Claibourne uses the Epitaph to try to improve safety at the mines,
The Witness
Jan 8, 1960 · 30 min
Hiding in a stable, Adam Kirby witnesses the murder of a man who wanted a refund after buying stolen cattle. Hollister takes Kirby to Charleston to identify the killer, but he is t
The Capture
Jan 15, 1960 · 30 min
Kyle Dodge is escorted by a Marshall to Yuma prison. Both arrive in Tombstone wounded from ambush. Hollister is suspicious that a number of strangers in town may be part of Dodge's
A Funeral for Chalky
Jan 22, 1960 · 30 min
After a gang robs the saloon, the leader kills two of his men and flees Tombstone. A fake headline in the Epitaph stating one man is recovering leads to Claibourne kidnapped as hos
The Target
Jan 29, 1960 · 30 min
Claibourne's old friend never makes it to Tombstone: he's killed on the way
The Bride
Feb 5, 1960 · 30 min
June 3, 1882 - Bert Magraw and his new wife, Jeannie, arrive in Tombstone on the stage from Tucson. In reality, Bert is her third husband, and she is still married to Vince Sanders
Female Killer
Feb 12, 1960 · 30 min
July 8, 1889 - Clay is taking Renee Carter to serve a term of 18 months in Yuma Prison, but he suspects her boyfriend, Frank Fallon, is really guilty.
The Lady Lawyer
Feb 19, 1960 · 30 min
Sheriff Clay Hollister sends for a woman lawyer to settle a dispute between a mine owner and a local businessman. Clay is unaware that one of the men has been stealing gold and hor
Silver Killers
Feb 26, 1960 · 30 min
June 3, 1884 - Clay gets Tulsa Jack to help him prove that popular, generous Lily Murdock is behind the deaths of the miners she grubstaked.
The Holcomb Brothers
Mar 4, 1960 · 30 min
November 9, 1883 - Marshal Vern Fawcett resigns after killing one of the Holcomb Brothers and returns to Tombstone to be with his family and to marry his girlfriend.
Young Killer
Mar 11, 1960 · 30 min
December 9, 1884 - Nurse Mary Rice takes care of Eddie Casper, a young gunman who attacked Clay and was sorely wounded by him.
Coded Newspaper
Mar 18, 1960 · 30 min
John Whittaker places ads with hidden codes in the Epitaph, telling his gang members where and when to rob the Argus mine shipments.
Memory
Mar 25, 1960 · 30 min
October 9, 1882 - A former carnival act, Liz Dolthan with a phenomenal memory and her partner, Packard, turn to safecracking. They both ask the Wells Fargo agent to put their valua
Revenge is a Lady
Apr 1, 1960 · 30 min
A man schemes to avenge the death of his outlaw father. His target: Hollister.
The Hostage
Apr 8, 1960 · 30 min
November 7, 1881 - Murderer Sam Edwards has been sentenced to hang, but his brother, John, kidnaps Harris and takes him hostage in order to save Sam from the gallows.
The Governor
Apr 15, 1960 · 30 min
Outlaw chief Frank Banta’s gang kidnaps the territorial governor in order to save the life of his brother, who is scheduled to hang.
The Kidnapping
Apr 22, 1960 · 30 min
May 19, 1882 - The Tombstone bank is robbed and a handyman is killed. The three thieves give the money to Dan Jensen for safekeeping. Dan's brother, Ben, is the leader of the gang.
Girl from Philadelphia
Apr 29, 1960 · 30 min
January 20, 1881 - Belle Reed, Clay's former girlfriend, is now running away from her more recent boyfriend, Ben Quaid. She wants to return east with her sister, Gwen. However, bef
The Fortune
May 6, 1960 · 30 min
On the road outside Tombstone, Clay encounters three escaped criminals who have discovered a fortune in silver. The plan to kill the sheriff is their secret.
The Innocent Man
May 13, 1960 · 30 min
October 17, 1884 - Clay and Harris join Sheriff Eli Parsons and Deputy McQueen in the pursuit of three escaped convicts. Deputy McQueen actually wants to gun down all three of them
The Siesta Killer
May 20, 1960 · 30 min
August 16, 1881 - Tombstone is suffering from a terrible heat wave for the tenth straight day. In hotel lobbies, Mrs. Curtis pretends to faint and drops her purse and/or handkerchi
The Return of Kansas Joe
May 27, 1960 · 30 min
October 20, 1883 - Territorial Governor Armstrong arrives in Tombstone just ahead of Kansas Joe Barton, who has been released from Yuma Prison and has sworn to kill him. However, L
Betrayal
Jun 3, 1960 · 30 min
Sheriff Hollister captures Lafe Jackson while trying to rendezvous with his gang to divide the loot from a robbery. Jackson and Hollister soon find themselves fighting at each othe
The Treaty
Jun 10, 1960 · 30 min
Geronimo's willing to negotiate a treaty but a member of his tribe isn't.
The Outlaw
Jun 17, 1960 · 30 min
Claibourne follows up a report that a notorious outlaw is living in Tombstone as a respected citizen. Sheriff Hollister tries to find the man before Claibourne, and both find thems
The Injury
Jun 24, 1960 · 30 min
Hollister's forced into a gun fight before the wound in his trigger arm heals.
Crime Epidemic
Jul 1, 1960 · 30 min
June 8, 1883 - Horn and Hugh Burnett have stolen $8,000 from the Tombstone bank. They give $3,000 to Will Gunther in exchange for food and hiding them in the lower level of his bar
Juan Diega
Jul 8, 1960
Hollister's masquerade as outlaw Bert Taggert fails when the real Taggert appears.