Summer Fun: Remembering Gilligan’s Island

Dusty’s Trail

The third spin-off was actually a series that was created by Sherwood Schwartz himself. Dusty’s Trail aired from 1973 and 1974 and was about a 19th-century wagon train on its way to California. One of the wagons got separated from the train, leaving its two coachmen and five passengers to find their own way back. Although Dusty’s Trail was not directly based off of Gilligan’s Island, it’s characters were all loosely based off the seven castaways featuring a wagon master, a scout for the wagon train, a rich couple, a science professor, a school teacher, and a saloon girl.