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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
07.08.1956	talented recruits	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Talented Recruits". Feeney and Merriweather, a medic...
07.15.1956	old enemy	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Old Enemy". A trooper from out of Captain Quince's pa...
07.22.1956	spotted tails return	+ "Nature Boy". The Quiring family has come to the fort. The strangest trio ever to arrive on the...
07.29.1956	nature boy	+ "Nature Boy". The Quiring family has come to the fort. The strangest trio ever to arrive on the...
08.05.1956	the massacre	+ "The Massacre". The peaceful Shoshone Indians are attacked by a fanatical army major. The progr...
08.12.1956	the assembly line	+ "Assembly Line". Indian Agent Lack is expecting an uprising...and for a very good reason. Netwo...
08.19.1956	goodbye willa	+ "Goodbye Willa". Captain Quince finally takes the plunge...and proposes to Miss Willa. Network v...
08.26.1956	the chaplain	+ "Chaplain". Fifty-nine men are down with scurvy, and there are no fresh fruits or vegetables an...
09.02.1956	the return of hattie pelfrey	+ "The Return Of Hattie Pelfrey". Hattie Pelfrey, a most unusual old lady, is feeling poorly, so ...
09.09.1956	the buffalo hunters	+ "The Return Of Hattie Pelfrey". Hattie Pelfrey, a most unusual old lady, is feeling poorly, so ...
09.16.1956	the payroll	+ "The Payroll". The paymaster is four months late coming to Fort Laramie...but watch out when he...
09.23.1956	the woman at horse creek	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Woman At Horse Creek". A new widow named Mrs. Dennis rema...
09.30.1956	a small beginning	+ "A Small Beginning". Lee Quince and the troop must find Sitting Bull, somewhere in the Black Hil...
10.07.1956	galvanized yankee	+ "Galvanized Yankee". An ex-Rebel is assigned to Company B. His hatred for all Yankees is undisgu...
10.14.1956	still waters	+ "Still Waters". Mrs. Feemster and the "Committee On Moral Improvement" visits the Fort...and eli...
10.21.1956	indian scouts	+ "Indian Scout". The story of "Charlie," is a Crow Indian with four bullets in his leg, and who ...
10.28.1956	army wife	+ "Army Wife". After thirty years, an army wife suddenly finds herself a widow. The last show of t...