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Texas Ranch House

2006
1 season
8 episodes
Reality

Texas Ranch House is an PBS American reality television series that premiered in May 2006. Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, Wall to Wall Media Limited, and PBS, the show placed fifteen modern day people in the context of 1867 Texas. Show participants attempted to run a ranch for two and a-half months using 19th century tools and techniques. The historian Alwyn Barr, professor emeritus at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, was the consultant on the program.

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  • Ep 1

    1.A Home on the Range

    01-05-200660m

    The first episode opens with the arrival of the vaqueros, or cowboys, at the 1867 bunkhouse where they will be living for the next three months. After meeting the Cookes, the vaque...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Good, the Bad & the Colonel

    01-05-200660m

    While the cowboys are out rounding up the cattle, the women are learning about the drudgeries of domestic life on the ranch. As tensions come to a head, Mr. Cooke has to make some...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Cookie Crumbles

    02-05-200660m

    The cowboys awake to another difficult day on the ranch as they discover that 10 horses have been stolen, horses they desperately need for the cattle drive. Food becomes a matter o...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Great Divide

    02-05-200660m

    The viability of the Cooke ranch is in question as only one quarter of the required cattle have been claimed so far. Cowboy Shaun takes over duties as the new cook much to the deli...

  • Ep 5

    5.Showdown at the Cooke Corral

    03-05-200660m

    Mr. Cooke assesses the cowboys' performance and a new cowhand arrives. Mr. Cooke’s decision to send Maura, “girl of all work” to cowboy training angers the vaqueros.

  • Ep 6

    6.Lord of the Plains

    03-05-200660m

    The cowboys find several of their stolen horses as they have a run-in with a camp of Comanche Native Americans. The Comanches take one of the vaqueros hostage and it is up to the C...

  • Ep 7

    7.Blazing Trails

    04-05-200660m

    The cowboys have culled 131 head of cattle from the herd for the cattle drive, leaving the rest to restock the ranch. The long 12-hour day in the saddle is exhausting and the cowbo...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Reckoning

    04-05-200660m

    The cattle drive comes to a close as the cowboys reach their destination of Fort Santiago. The drive is a success but tensions boil over as the group returns to the ranch. The asse...

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