The Walton's Mountain Historical Society The TV Guide cover for April 28, 1973. Walton Timeline The following table list various facts about The Waltons. Please help me collect this information by correcting mistakes and adding information that is missing. My email address appears at the bottom of all pages. TIMELINE DESCRIPTION EPISODE SEASON/EPISODE (probably April or May) 1933 The carnival folks are going to the Chicago World's Fair, which started May 27, 1933 The Carnival s1/e2 spring of 1933 It is the spring of the year because most cows birth in the spring of the year, as does Chance with Bullet The Calf s1/e3 summer of 1933 Begins on Sunday, on a very hot, Virginia day Baldwin sisters say that they last saw Matthew Fordwick during a family reunion twenty-one years ago in 1914 (thus, 1933) The Sinner s1/e7 spring (according to the episode it is spring sometime in the 1930s--it is assumed the year is 1933) The Boy from the C.C.C. s1/e8 summer of the 1930s (assume it is 1933) (according to the episode) The Ceremony s1/e9 1933 According to the registration papers inside Tip's car, the year is 1933 The Legend s1/e10 fall The time of the season is fall because the Waltons are picking apples The Minstrel s1/e14 Spring of 1933 Uncle Cody visits the family from Cincinnati, Ohio The Courtship s1/e18 Summer A group of gypsies camp on Walton's Mountain The Gypsies s1/e19 1934 The year is 1934 because fifty-five years ago, on on the sixteen of this month in 1879, Maggie and Michael MacKensie were married. The Journey s2/e1 1934 The year is 1934 because John-Boy writes in his journal that it is the year 1934 The Separation s2/e3 Summer 1934 Mentioned in the introduction The Roots s2/e5 Begins on a Sunday afternoon in August 1934 Mentioned in the introduction The Prize s2/e7 Begins on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November 1934 Mentioned in the introduction The Thanksgiving Story s2/e10 Late fall Mentioned in the introduction The Ghost Story s2/e21 Late summer After coming back from a picnic near Blue Rock Creek The Conflict s3/e1 September 1934 John-Boy's first day of college The First Day s3/e2 1934 The marathon dance The Marathon s3/e9 Autumn of 1934 According to the introduction The Book s3/e10 Fall of 1934 According to the introduction The Departure s3/e12 Late in 1935 According to the introduction The Venture s3/e24 Summer of 1936 John's 25th high school reunion The Prophecy s4/e4 Summer of 1936 John's 25th high school reunion The Prophecy s4/e4 Fall of 1936 Samuel Miller has returned to school after picking all the corn on his parent's farm The Emergence s4/e9 Fall of 1936 According to the vet it is "one of the most beautiful fall days" Grandma snaps string beans from the "last crop of the season" The Loss s4/e10 December of 1936 The episode is based around the abdication of Edward VIII, which occurred on December 11, 1936 The Abdication s4/e11 End of summer According to the introductory remarks by Earl Hamner, it is the end of summer The Nurse s4/e13 Fall According to the introductory remarks by Earl Hamner, it is autumn The Intruders s4/e14 Summer According to the introductory remarks by Earl Hamner, it is summer The Search s4/e15 June or July (summer) It is summer because Grandma says John-Boy is happy that summer vacation is almost here. It is around the end of June or the beginning of July because Mr. McCreary says the Methodist Church gets awfully hot in July and Ben says he doesn't have firecrackers to shoot off on the fourth of July. The Fox s4/e17 1938 It is the year 1938 because Ben and Jim Bob see the movie The Dawn Patrol, which was released in 1938 This year seems to be a contradiction because The Fledgling s4/e23 is set in 1936 The Quilting s4/e21 1936 According to the introduction by Earl Hamner, the year is 1936 The Jefferson County Fair is about to be held. Fairs are usually held in the fall in celebration of the harvest The movie One Hundred Men and a Girl that Ike and Corabeth watch, along with Mike Paxton, was released in 1937. NOTE: There seems to be a discrepancy with the introductory remarks about the year being 1936 The Fledgling s4/e23 1936 According to the introduction by Earl Hamner, the year is 1936 The Collision s4/e24 1937 According to the introduction by Earl Hamner, the year is 1937 The Comeback s5/e3 1937 According to the introduction and because the movie Captains Courageous was released in 1937, the year is 1937 The Firestorm s5/e5 1937 According to the introduction, the year is 1937 The Nightwalker s5/e6 Around May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg burned on May 6, 1937 The Inferno s5/e19 1942 According to the wedding album that John gives Ben and Cindy on their wedding day The Outsider s7/e20 Around April 12, 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945 The Outrage s9/e1 October 3, 1945 The Dew Drop Inn would reopen--October 3,1945 The Whirlwind s9/e8 May 10, 1946 The woman whom Cindy thought might be her mother carried a box--the date on the box was written ---5/10/1946 The Carousel s9/e10 June 4, 1946 Showed the date of the invitation to the Baldwin Reunion Party--June 4,1946 (this episode was initially shown June 4,1981 The Revel s9/e21 Information William Arthur Atkins e-mail: williamatkins3307 [at] comcast.net home URL: http://www.WilliamArthurAtkins.com