History Series / CimarronStrip

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: ''Cimarron Strip'' was filmed in a variety of places, including Utah and Southern California — both of which look nothing like the Oklahoma panhandle, where it purportedly took place; where the real "Cimarron Strip" is flat and covered in prairie grass, the show's version is mountainous and sandy.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: In the first episode, Marshal Crown is saved from death by two-bit alcoholic Screamer, who shoots the villain Ace Coffin [[InTheBack from behind]], even though he won't get a $10,000 prize for it. Not that Crown himself isn't above killing, even in self defense.

* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: In "Knife in the Wilderness", written by Creator/HarlanEllison, Jack continues his work across America ending in Cimarron City where he meets his end at the hands of Indians.

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm, especially compared to the stoic and much less personable Crown, makes him lovable, even before he [[HeelFaceTurn saves Crown]] at the end of the episode, even when he wasn't going to get the dream saloon he wanted.

The Cherokee Outlet across the Cimarron River is the last free homestead land in America. It is leased and controlled by cattlemen, and the newly arriving farmers arre expecting authorities in Washington to send news that they would be given rights to the land, for which they had been campaigning. U.S. Marshal Jim Crown, who has led a rather wild life and has cleaned up Abilene, is assigned to the town of Cimarron. He arrives to find that TheSheriff has resigned, leaving Crown on his own to settle the increasing unrest caused by the news he brings, that the cattlemen's leases have been revoked and a final decision on the land is postponed indefinitely. With no sheriff and no support from Army troops, Crown is on his own to keep law and order in this borderland between the Kansas Territory and Indian Territory.

* FloweryInsults: Screamer's language in "Journey to a Hanging" isn't so much flowery or colorful as elaborate.

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm, especially compared to the stoic and much less personable Crown, makes him lovable, even before he shows a more sympathetic side to him and [[HeelFaceTurn saves Crown]] at the end of the episode, even when he wasn't going to get the dream saloon he wanted. Plus, he goes on drunken rampages in protest of going out of business.

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm, especially compared to the stoic and much less personable Crown, and his sympathetic longing for his own saloon make him lovable, even before he shows a more sympathetic side to him and [[HeelFaceTurn saves Crown]] at the end of the episode, even when he wasn't going to get the dream saloon he wanted. Plus, he goes on drunken rampages in protest of going out of business.

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm and his sympathetic longing for his own saloon make him lovable, even before he shows a more sympathetic side to him and [[HeelFaceTurn saves Crown]] at the end of the episode, even when he wasn't going to get the dream saloon he wanted. Plus, he goes on drunken rampages in protest of going out of business.

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm and his sympathetic longing for his own saloon make him lovable, even before he shows a more sympathetic side to him and [[HeelFaceTurn saves Crown]] at the end of the episode, even when he wasn't going to get the place he wanted. Plus, he goes on drunken rampages in protest of going out of business.

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm and his sympathetic longing for his own saloon make him lovable, even before his HeelFaceTurn at the end of the episode.

-->'''Screamer''': ''I'M AS ORNERY AS A RING-TAILED SCREAMER!'' '''YEEEEE-HOO!'''

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm makes him lovable, even before his HeelFaceTurn at the end of the episode.

* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: In "Journey to a hamging", Marshal Crown is cornered at gunpoint by the wanted criminal Ace Coffin. All of a sudden, Coffin is shot [[InTheBack from behind]] by Screamer.

The Cherokee Outlet across the Cimarron River is the last free homestead land in America. It is leased and controlled by cattlemen, and the newly arriving farmers arre expecting authorities in Washington to send news that they would be given rights to the land, for which they had been campaigning. U.S. Marshal Jim Crown, who has led a rather wild life and has cleaned up Abilene, is assigned to the town of Cimarron. He arrives to find that Thesheriff has resigned, leaving Crown on his own to settle the increasing unrest caused by the news he brings, that the cattlemen's leases have been revoked and a final decision on the land is postponed indefinitely. With no sheriff and no support from Army troops, Crown is on his own to keep law and order in this borderland between the Kansas Territory and Indian Territory.

* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: Marshal Crown is cornered at gunpoint by the wanted criminal Ace Coffin. All of a sudden, Coffin is shot [[InTheBack from behind]] by Screamer.

* LovableTraitor: "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head and constantly endangers the mission so he can get the money. His enthusiasm makes him lovable, even before his HeelFaceTurn at the end of the episode.

* UsefulNotes/JackeTheRipper: In "Knife in the Wilderness", written by Creator/HarlanEllison, Jack continues his work across America ending in Cimarron City where he meets his end at the hands of Indians.