"At the gallop…full!"
Produced by Norman Macdonnell, Fort Laramie was a 30-minute radio show in CBS with western and military theme. It featured the story of Cavalry Captain Lee Quince, and his adventures in the frontier of the old west. Raymond Burr took the role of Quince. Also included in the cast were Harry Bartell as the slightly green Lt. Seiberts, Vic Perrin as Sgt. Gorse, and Jack Moyles as Major Daggett. The show aired its first episode on January 22, 1956 and its last in October 28, 1956, producing a total of 41 episodes.
Fort Laramie told stories about the good times and bad times on the frontier of a young United States. The show featured stories about Captain of Cavalry, Lee Quince and the men who stood between a harsh land and the settlers heading out to settle the wild west.
Series creator and director, Norman MacDonnell, insisted that the stories should be as authentic as possible. He wanted accurate research so that the writers could present life as it really was including correct building names, correct town names, and plausible action.
Raymond Burr starred as Captain Lee with supporting actors Vic Perrin as Sgt. Goerss and Jack Moyles as Major Daggett who was the fort's commanding officer. The show ran from January 1955 to October 1955 with 41 episodes. The next year, Burr hit it big as television's Perry Mason.
For more great westerns, see also Frontier Gentleman, Have Gun Will Travel, Six Shooter, and Gunsmoke.
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Please enjoy these 42 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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| 07.25.1955 | audition john dehner | ||
| 01.22.1956 | playing indian |
+ "Playing Indian". Captain Quince baits a trap for a band of horse thieves and murderers who are ... | |
| 01.29.1956 | boatwrights story |
+ "Boatwright's Story". Captain Quince takes out a patrol to stop the sale of Henry rifles to Yel... | |
| 02.05.1956 | squaw man |
+ "Squaw Man". Will Granby, a squaw man, reports that the Arapaho are off the reservation, seekin... | |
| 02.12.1956 | woman at horse creek |
+ "Woman At Horse Creek". A new widow named Mrs. Dennis remains all alone out on the prairie...eas... | |
| 02.19.1956 | boredom |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Boredom". Private Soothey is bored with garrison duty. He... | |
| 02.26.1956 | captains widow |
+ "Captain's Widow". Captain Wentner's widow has come out west to retrieve her husband's body, an... | |
| 03.04.1956 | shavetail |
+ "Shavetail". Lieutenant Seiberts has disobeyed orders for what he thought was good reason. A bat... | |
| 03.11.1956 | hattie pelfrey |
+ "Hattie Pelfrey". Captain Quince is wounded and seeks shelter from the Arapahos in the cabin of ... | |
| 03.18.1956 | the beasley girls |
+ "The Beasley Girls". Captain Quince plans to exchange a captured Sioux chief for two prisoner "w... | |
| 03.25.1956 | the coward |
+ "The Coward". Lieutenant Wendt has been stationed at Fort Laramie, after unjustly being accused ... | |
| 04.01.1956 | lost child |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Lost Child". Major Barlow believes in treating Indians as... | |
| 04.15.1956 | stage coach stop |
+ "Stage Coach Stop". Mrs. Kleinhexel and her giggly daughter visit the post during the fort's ba... | |
| 04.22.1956 | the new recruit |
+ "The New Recruit". The story of a man who was in the army...but never really a soldier, who re-... | |
| 04.29.1956 | capture |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Quince's Capture". Even though his dying father (Red Hors... | |
| 05.06.1956 | never the twain |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Quince's Capture". Even though his dying father (Red Hors... | |
| 05.13.1956 | war correspondents |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The War Correspondent". A reporter from a New York newspa... | |
| 05.20.1956 | black hill gold |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Gold" ("Black Hills Gold"). A group of men head up the B... | |
| 05.20.1956 | gold |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Gold" ("Black Hills Gold"). A group of men head up the Bo... | |
| 05.27.1956 | sergeants baby |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Sergeant Gorce's Baby". Stella Merchant is expecting her... | |
| 06.03.1956 | dont kick my horse |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Don't Kick My Horse". A soldier's love for his eleven-yea... | |
| 06.10.1956 | young trooper |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Young Trooper". A young boy named Jed survives an In... | |
| 06.17.1956 | winter soldier |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Winter Soldier". A soldier becomes a "snowbird" and ... | |
| 06.24.1956 | loving cup |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Loving Cup". Captain Quince has an unusual way to giv... | |
| 07.01.1956 | troopers widow |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Trooper's Widow". Mrs. Stocker, new bride of a trooper, l... |
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