1001 Stories From the Old West

Welcome to the new 1001 Stories From the Old West.. Here we offer hand-picked accounts from diaries, historical documents, autobiographies, books of the time period, and historians to bring you the American frontier story directly from the people who lived it. You'll hear actual accounts of Indian b...

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April 13, 2025

MONTANA VENDETTA and CAESAR'S WIFE HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL

Two great episodes of one of radio's best westerns-Have Gun Will Travel

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April 9, 2025

STAGE COACH STOP and THE NEW RECRUITS FORT LARAMIE

Out there on the edge of the frontier, only a few young cavalrymen working for $10 a week were what stood between civilization and mass Indian destruction or... More insensitive radio dramas praising the mass genocide of innocent First Americans

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April 6, 2025

HATTIE PELFREY and THE BEASLEY GIRLS FORT LARAMIE

Raymond Burr and the brave troopers of Fort Laramie keep the peace somewhere west of civilization

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April 2, 2025

WILD WEST and HICKOCK GUNSMOKE

Two rock 'em sock'em episodes of Gunsmoke for your enjoyment

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March 30, 2025

DIRT and GRASS GUNSMOKE

Probably the shortest two titles ever given a radio show!

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March 26, 2025

WIND and FLASHBACK GUNSMOKE

William Conrad stars as Marshall Matt Dillon in two episodes of Gunsmoke!

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March 23, 2025

SUNDOWN and SPRING TERM GUNSMOKE

Two action-packed episodes from the greatest western ever!

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March 19, 2025

THE COWARD and LOST CHILD FORT LARAMIE

FORT LARAMIE Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Caval...

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March 16, 2025

THE CAPTAIN'S WIDOW and SHAVETAIL FORT LARAMIE

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March 12, 2025

STILL WATERS and GALVANIZED YANKEE FORT LARAMIE

Fort Laramie was a radio Western series that aired Sundays on CBS from January 22 - October 28, 1956. Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. T...

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March 9, 2025