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Petticoat Junction
There were 222 episodes ofPetticoat Junctionproduced for CBS and was on television from
September 1963 till September 1970.
Petticoat Junction was a spinoff fromThe Beverly
Hillbillies. The story takes place in a small town of
Hooterville. Kate Bradley was the widowed owner of the only bed and breakfast type of establishment in the
entire town. She had three beautiful daughters, Billy Jo, Betty Jo, Bobby Jo, who helped her run the
rural Shady Rest Hotel. Assisting also in the day to day operations of the hotel was lazy Uncle Joe, under
guise of the hotel manager. Not only was Kate having to deal with her daughters romances but also the Vice
President of C.F. & W. Railroad, Homer Bedlow. He wanted close down the steam driven branch of the railroad
that served Hooterville and put the two engineers , Charlie Pratt and Floyd Smoot out of work. A widow with no
annuity or income from life insurance, Kate was dependent on the Shady Rest Hotel and the Hooterville Cannonball
for the support of herself and her three lovely daughters.”