Homer Bedloe from the railroad company tries to shut down the Cannonball train, but he's no match for Kate Bradley of the Shady Rest.
To save the Cannonball, Kate hatches a scheme to hide its aging engine.
The railroad president comes to town to shut down the Cannonball but becomes enchanted by the staff of the Shady Rest.
No one can attend Kate's Shady Rest Jamboree after Norman Curtis makes the Cannonball inoperative.
Kate pretends to fall in love with Floyd after his bad experience with a mail-order bride.
Joe goes into the cologne business.
Betty Jo's skill at pitching horseshoes threatens the title owned by annual champion Pixley Fats.
Kate counsels Bobbie Jo in the ways of attracting men.
The Cannonball's bank shipment is the target of two young train robbers.
When Bedloe plots to have his superiors ride the Cannonball, Kate leads a plan to give the executives first-class service.
When Kate hires Herbie to boost his self-confidence, Joe thinks he's being put out to pasture.
Uncle Joe tries to make the Shady Rest into a honeymoon hotel.
A brochure describing the Shady Rest of the future is prematurely mailed to a Hooterville travel columnist.
Bedloe plans to stop the Cannonball from making its traditional Christmas caroling tour.
Billie Jo's suitor Herbie Bates is drafted into the armed services.
Bobbie Jo is enamored with a visiting beatnik poet.
Billie Jo receives $500 that her late father designated for her to become a doctor, but she wants to be an actress instead.
Kate confers with Judge Drucker to see if she can legally prevent Billie Jo from going to Hollywood.
A movie idol wants to hide away from the spotlight at the Shady Rest.
Uncle Joe tells two plump ladies that the Shady Rest is a reducing farm.
Bedloe returns with a retired railroad tycoon who is interested in buying the Cannonball.
When Uncle Joe sells a painting for its valuable frame, he thinks he's on the road to artistic success.
Betty Jo's first crush is more interested in tinkering with cars than romance.
Uncle Joe drums up business by spreading rumors about a silver strike in the area.
Uncle Joe promotes a talent contest and tries to ensure that one of his three nieces wins.
Kate's old school pal conspires with the girls to round up some marriage prospects for Kate.
Uncle Joe tries to cash in on Beatlemania by casting his nieces in a musical group.
Uncle Joe tries to start his own railroad, powered by Orville Miggs' broken-down car.
When Bedloe again tries to shutter the Cannonball, Kate foils his plans by buying stock in the railroad.
Kate's bank loan depends on a visiting socialite's recommendation of the Shady Rest.
Feeling neglected, Charley quits his job as engineer of the Cannonball.
Railroad president Norman Curtis sends his dog on a vacation at the Shady Rest.
Kate is visited by an old schoolmate who has become a millionaire, but Uncle Joe has him pegged as a con artist.
Bedloe returns to with his son, who is as hateful and devious as his father.
A business executive returns home to Hooterville and impresses the locals with her administrative ability and her handling of men.
Kate is trapped by a cave-in just when the Shady Rest is a candidate for hosting a big convention.
With Kate incapacitated, Joe and the girls try to win the business of a large convention.
When a notoriously tough former schoolteacher visits, Kate and the girls plot to get her back into teaching.