Dr. Quinn tells the Sheriff to return to town. Rather than riding back in the direction he came from he rides in the total opposite direction. Matthew is the volunteer Sheriff.
Sully and the Indian from New Mexico Territory are riding south. Suddenly Sully stops and states he cannot ride any further south. He would be entering New Mexico Territory and leaving Colorado Territory. In the early 1880s there were no signs at Territory boundaries. It is curious how Sully knew exactly where his Territory ended.
As Loren is walking around the church yard and waiting for the vote announcement, he is not wearing a hat. Most men in the yard are wearing hats. Loren should have been wearing a hat.