The person who plays the cowboy (John schneider) comes back in season 6 to play Sully's friend Daniel
According to Jane Seymour's interview, the bear in this episode was a Kodiak bear that did not follow the script, which made filming take longer and be quite memorable for the cast and crew.
John Schneider has a video on YouTube showing the site where Dr Quinn's town buildings burned down in the California wildfires of 2018. The only building left standing is the church.