 Some of the location work for the 34 half-hour black and white episodes was filmed in California's High Sierras and Mojave Desert.The series starred Robert Horton, who had costarred on "Wagon Train" from 1957 to 1962.He left that series, vowing never to do another television western, but agreed to star in "A Man Called Shenandoah" because he felt the show would be a great opportunity for him as an actor.