Watch Gunsmoke Season 7 Episode 8: Chesterland Online

	IMDB Rating: 8.6/10 from 58 votes
	Release: 1961 / Gunsmoke / Season 7 / Episode 8
	Genre: Western
	Director: Ted Post
	Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone
	Synopsis: A new girl in town is staying at Ma Smalley's. In the joy of "sparking" with the girl in a borrowed buggy, Chester inadvertently proposes. The girl admits openly that she came to Dodge to find a husband and whom should she find, right away, but Chester. If there's a hint of hesitation there, Chester overlooks it. He takes his responsibilities as a future husband seriously, staking his claim to an abandoned homestead and leaving his job with Mr. Dillon to devote himself to whipping the substandard land into shape. He builds a dugout single-handedly, wakes to find it flooded, and realizes that he has water in abundance to sell to parched settlers. He does a brisk business, filling many barrels, and what could be more logical than to hand his earnings to his betrothed for deposit in the bank in town.