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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
07.29.1956	nature boy	+ "Nature Boy". The Quiring family has come to the fort. The strangest trio ever to arrive on the...
06.24.1956	loving cup	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Loving Cup". Captain Quince has an unusual way to giv...
04.01.1956	lost child	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Lost Child". Major Barlow believes in treating Indians as...
10.21.1956	indian scouts	+ "Indian Scout". The story of "Charlie," is a Crow Indian with four bullets in his leg, and who ...
03.11.1956	hattie pelfrey	+ "Hattie Pelfrey". Captain Quince is wounded and seeks shelter from the Arapahos in the cabin of ...
08.19.1956	goodbye willa	+ "Goodbye Willa". Captain Quince finally takes the plunge...and proposes to Miss Willa. Network v...
05.20.1956	gold	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Gold" ("Black Hills Gold"). A group of men head up the Bo...
10.07.1956	galvanized yankee	+ "Galvanized Yankee". An ex-Rebel is assigned to Company B. His hatred for all Yankees is undisgu...
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...
04.29.1956	capture	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Quince's Capture". Even though his dying father (Red Hors...
02.26.1956	captains widow	+ "Captain's Widow". Captain Wentner's widow has come out west to retrieve her husband's body, an...
02.19.1956	boredom	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Boredom". Private Soothey is bored with garrison duty. He...
01.29.1956	boatwrights story	+ "Boatwright's Story". Captain Quince takes out a patrol to stop the sale of Henry rifles to Yel...
05.20.1956	black hill gold	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Gold" ("Black Hills Gold"). A group of men head up the B...
07.25.1955	audition john dehner
10.28.1956	army wife	+ "Army Wife". After thirty years, an army wife suddenly finds herself a widow. The last show of t...
09.30.1956	a small beginning	+ "A Small Beginning". Lee Quince and the troop must find Sitting Bull, somewhere in the Black Hil...