Roger Davis would replace Pete Duel after his death playing the same character in the series Alias Smith and Jones.
Roy Huggins (Writer/Director) created "Alias Smith and Jones" a year later, which starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes aka Joshua Smith. Roger Davis, who narrated that series opening titles, took over that role in the wake of Duel's sudden death. Both "The Young Country and "Alias Smith and Jones" featured characters named Clementine Hale: Joan Hackett in the former and Sally Field in the latter.