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  Fort Laramie
FORT LARAMIE is a close relative of GUNSMOKE since it had the same producer-director, same writers, same sound effects men, and many of the same actors.
So when the radio characters referred to the sutler's store (which is what the trading post was called prior to 1870), the surgeon's quarters, Old Bedlam (the officers' quarters) or the old bakery, they were naming actual structures in the original fort.
FORT LARAMIE was an honest reflection of the difficulties of life on an isolated military post in the early 1880s.
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  Fort Laramie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Laramie, located in present-day Goshen County, Wyoming in the United States, was a significant 19th century trading post and later a military outpost of the United States Army.
Many of the Army's military campaigns in the Indian Wars were conducted from the headquarters at the fort, and it gave its name to two treaties, the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) and the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868); each was an important agreement between whites and Native Americans regarding white settlement.
The fort is located along the lower Laramie River near is mouth on the North Platte River, across the river the modern town of Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Laramie   (409 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Fort Laramie
Many of the Army's military campaigns in the Indian Wars were conducted from the headquaters at the fort, and it gave its name to the Treaty of Fort Laramie, an important agreement between whites and Native Americans regarding white settlement.
The Treaty of Fort Laramie was an agreement between the United States and the Lakota nation, signed in 1868 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, guaranteeing to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.
After the completion of the transcontinental railoroad, the fort's importance decreased rapidly until it was decommisioned in 1890.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fort-Laramie   (1307 words)

  
 Fort Laramie (radio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Laramie was a U.S. radio program that aired Sundays on CBS from January 22 to October 28, 1956.
This Western drama, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th century.
Heard on a more irregular basis were Howard McNear as Pliny the fort sutler, Sam Edwards as Trooper Harrison, and in a variety of roles, such actors as John Dehner, John McIntire, Virginia Gregg, James Nusser, Parley Baer, and Barney Phillips.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Laramie_(radio)   (160 words)

  
 Fort Laramie - The Series (OTR - Old Time Radio CD)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Fort Laramie was certainly one of the finest radio series, and were it not for Gunsmoke, it could be termed the best adult Western program ever aired.
The original Fort Laramie, located on the eastern Wyoming prairie (about 100 miles from where the city of Laramie is now located) was an important fur trading post from 1834 to 1849.
So when the radio characters referred to the sutler's store (which is what the trading post was called prior to 1870), the surgeon's quarters, Old Bedlam (the officers' quarters) or the old bakery, they were naming actual structures in the original fort.
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 math lessons - Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie was military outpost of the United States Army that was in service in the second-half of 19th century.
It was located in the present-day state of Wyoming at the mouth of the Laramie River on the North Platte River, along the route of the Oregon Trail.
Contrary to its name, the fort was not located at present-day Laramie, Wyoming, but near the town of Fort Laramie, Wyoming, approximately 75 mi (120 km) to the northeast.
www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Fort_Laramie   (200 words)

  
 Radio Advertising: stay on the big road: transportation planning: departments: City of Fort Collins
Radio advertising will be aired to reach truck drivers passing through northern Colorado and Wyoming.
Radio will be purchased in the local markets of Fort Collins, Laramie and Cheyenne.
The radio spots will run primarily during the daytime hours, featuring commercials during nationally syndicated talk shows such as Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura on the AM stations, and country and rock music on the FM stations.
fcgov.com /stayonthebigroad/?content_id=radio   (218 words)

  
 Sam Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in, a series based on the life of Sam, brother Jack, sister Florida, and his parents, Edna Parks and Jack Edwards Sr.
There were numerous TV and radio commercials as well, both in front of and behind the camera.
Edwards spent much of his retirement travelling the world with his wife of 35 years, Beverly, and attending many Old Time Radio conventions where he participated in recreations of original shows from the 1940s and 1950s, as well as newer scripts.
www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sam_Edwards   (592 words)

  
 VintageRadioShows.com
From the same producer as Gunsmoke, Norman Macdonnell, Fort Laramie is a slower paced show never as popular as its more successful big brother.
Fort Laramie is one of our favorite of the western genre and shows life at Fort Laramie, Wyoming during the late 18th Century.
Vintage Radio Shows brings you an adventure set on the high seas,the Voyage of the Scarlet Queen aired for less than a year on the Mutual Broadcasting Network.
www.vintageradioshows.com /podcasts/vintageradioshows.rss   (2089 words)

  
 Westerns Radio Shows - Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie opened with Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground in the wild frontier.
Unfortunately, competition from TV and the decline of radio spelled an early end to this series.
We offer all of our shows in two different formats, you can get them in Standard CD format which can be played in any CD player or you can purchase them in MP3 format and listen to them on your compurter or on a player that supports MP3's.
www.shopping-to-go.com /oldtownradio/oldtownradio0014.shtml   (220 words)

  
 Thrilling Days of Yesteryear : Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
It’s a light-hearted show, in which complaints about the quality of the fort’s dress parade band seem to be falling on (tone) deaf ears until the Major decides to step in.
The explanation for the band’s awfulness is that their instruments aren’t up to snuff, but any chance of obtaining replacements has been temporarily scotched by the arrival of a bluenose named Mrs.
Fort Laramie is the third component of what I like to call old-time radio’s “Holy Trinity” of Westerns (the other two being Gunsmoke and Frontier Gentleman).
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 Fort Laramie National Historic Site Travel Information - US-Parks.com
Soon to be known as Fort Laramie, it rested at a location that would quickly prove to be the path of least resistance across a continent.
In 1849 as the Gold Rush of California drew more westward, Fort Laramie became a military post, and for the next 41 years, would shape major events as the struggle between two cultures for domination of the northern plains increased into conflict.
Fort Laramie closed, along with the frontier it helped shape and influence in 1890.
www.us-parks.com /fort_laramie   (361 words)

  
 Fort Laramie NHS: Park History (Part III)
During this time Fort Laramie truly matured, achieving national recognition to the extent that other preservation organizations and agencies came to him for advice and encouragement, and University professors brought their students for study and inspiration.
In May, 1967 Sharp reported that Fort Laramie was "selected", presumably by the Chief of Interpretation, as a demonstration area for the new emphasis on "Living History." That variety of interpretation has been conspicuous at the Fort ever since and accounts for much of the seasonal manpower (personpower?).
The thought of such a project, inundating the Laramie River Valley, creating power plants which would smudge up the western horizon with their smoke, and threatening the integrity of Fort Laramie itself, would be enough to make any old-timer, or western history enthusiast, blanche or turn over in their graves, as the case might be.
www.nps.gov /fola/history/part3-8.htm   (13544 words)

  
 USA - Western - Fort Laramie - Complete series - 40 episodes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Fort Laramie - 1956-02-26 - ep06 - (29m17s) - Captain's Widow.mp3
Fort Laramie - 1956-08-12 - ep29 - (24m55s) - The Assembly Line.mp3
Fort Laramie - 1956-09-09 - ep33 - (27m59s) - The Buffalo Hunters.mp3
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 Encyclopedia: Fort Laramie (radio)
The 40 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry, with Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell and Jack Moyles in supporting roles.
Grounds of Fort Laramie Fort Laramie was military outpost of the United States Army that was in service in the second-half of 19th century.
Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 - September 12, 1993) was an actor, most known for his roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fort-Laramie-%28radio%29   (293 words)

  
 Thrilling Days of Yesteryear : Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Charlie Summers sent the subscribers of the Old-Time Radio Digest a short message this a.m., one of those e-mails you never, ever like receiving.
Veteran radio character actor Harry Bartell passed away February 26, 2004—he was ninety years old.
I never got to meet Harry in person, one of my favorite radio actors and one of the most distinctive voices of that long-ago Golden Age.
blogs.salon.com /0003139/2004/02/28.html   (1026 words)

  
 Fort Laramie NHS: Park History (Part III)
Lois had first worked at Fort Laramie in the early 1940s as a museum laboratory helper with the National Youth Administration, and Hieb had hired her as a "6-month clerk-typist" to follow Marilyn Brittenham.
Fort Laramie is one of the outstanding historic shrines in the American West, but in the 18 years of our custodianship we have been able to do little more than patch up and protect the historic structures, with a bare minimum of interpretation, and makeshift quarters for administration.
We feel rather strongly that the historical values at Fort Laramie, embracing "the pageant of the West," are of sufficient magnitude to warrant the type of bold treatment reflected in the existing Plan.
www.nps.gov /fola/history/part3-6.htm   (8101 words)

  
 Fort Laramie
A meticulous researcher, Hite featured strong female characters and unusual but realistic situations in her stories, as showcased in "The Woman at Horse Creek." Fort Laramie was also blessed with the sound effects artistry of Bill James and Ray Kemper.
Near the end of his season on Fort Laramie, he arrived at a recording session and proclaimed to his fellow cast members that their futures were virtually guaranteed.
Prior to his starring roles in Fort Laramie and Perry Mason, Burr had portrayed the prosecuting attorney in the 1951 Academy Award winner A Place in the Sun and played heavies in Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) and Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) opposite The Six Shooter's James Stewart.
neylons.com /oldtimeradio/pages/rsx60-Fort%20Laramie.html   (729 words)

  
 Fort Laramie NHS: Park History (Part III)
There are just two things that Fort Laramie is "all about." One is "the resource", the physical evidence of past glory which the NPS is charged by Congress to preserve, the other is the human resource.
Fort Laramie, in other words, has become a mecca for historic preservation and park planning students and experts alike, who come to see a model historical park in action.
The combined Fort Laramie Library and research collection, to which the Association contributed so heavily, is a historical resource commensurate in importance to the physical remains of the Fort, because it contains most of the basic data which made the Restoration possible.
www.nps.gov /fola/history/part3-9.htm   (7048 words)

  
 Fort Laramie
Starting out as a private post on the Laramie and North Platte rivers for fur traders in 1834, there soon grew a need of military protection for further development of the region.
The military fort was established on 04/09/1849 and the fort continued until its abandoned on 04/20/1890.
The broadcasts were heard over the CBS radio network from 01/22/56 to 10/28/56 on Sunday nights.
www.radiomemories.com /radiomemories/fortlaramie.html   (203 words)

  
 Dakota Datebook
In 1868, Sitting Bull negotiated the Fort Laramie Treaty, which was broken when gold was found on the tribe’s land.
Dakota Datebook is a project of North Dakota Public Radio, in partnership with the State Historical Society of North Dakota, with funding from the North Dakota Humanities Council.
North Dakota Public Radio is a service of Prairie Public Broadcasting in association with North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota.
www.prairiepublic.org /programs/datebook/bydate/03/1203/121803.jsp   (695 words)

  
 OTR Broadcasts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Shows include Gildersleeve, Gunsmoke, Fibber, Suspense, Sam Spade, A&A, Fort Laramie, Sgt. Preston, Shadow, Jack Benny, Lone Ranger, etc. This is the most extensive schedule we have seen anywhere.
You may be able to find out more by going to the website of the current owner which is http://www.nbgradio.com Or, I just checked and USA Radio Network has an item saying they have a page on it under construction.
Visiting the USARadio web site, one finds that "The Golden Age of Radio Theater" is scheduled for 9:05 and 10:05 PM EST in their USA-1 and USA-2 packages Monday through Saturday, for a total of 12 hours per week.
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 Fort Laramie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
was certainly one of the finest radio series, and were it not for
The military post was abandoned in 1890 and allowed to fall into decay, and no significant restoration was attempted until 1937 when the state of Wyoming purchased the site of some 200 acres and later deeded it over to the National Park Service.
By the mid-1950s when FORT LARAMIE began, most of the actors on the west coast were doing some television and movie work so the program was rehearsed and taped for transcription during the evening.
www.otterprojectonline.info /Jack_French_Articles/Fort_Laramie.htm   (2086 words)

  
 Sam Edwards - Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the Adventures of Sonny and Buddy one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in The Edwards Family, a series based on the life of Sam, brother Jack, sister Florida, and his parents, Edna Parks and Jack Edwards Sr.
During World War II, Sam was inducted into the Army and ended up serving as part of the morale-building entertainment corps, spending much of the time in the African, European and India/Burma theater, traveling for a time with Eisenhower and Patton's regiments.
He also had recurring or cast member roles in radio on Father Knows Best, Fort Laramie, Gunsmoke, Dragnet, Suspense, Escape, This is Your FBI, The Six Shooter, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and Crime Classics.
greatestinfo.org /Sam_Edwards   (594 words)

  
 Golden Age of Radio Drama Online
"Fort Laramie," a western drama starring Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry at Fort Laramie, on the Wyoming frontier.
The rest of the cast is extensive and from both coasts (the series was first produced in New York before moving to Hollywood in 1948).
For facts & trivia about specific radio series, click here and then go to the series title you want listed on the left side of KNX search page (if it's still there).
www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/zKNX2004mar.html   (886 words)

  
 OldRadioTown.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Brett was man with a reputation for having a fast gun but Mr.
Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground in the wild frontier.
Unfortunately, competition from TV and the decline of radio spelled an early end to this series.
oldradiotown.com /thesixshooter.html   (356 words)

  
 Fort Laramie and the Pageant of the West, 1834-1890 Review and price   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
From the initial founding of Fort Laramie as a trading post in 1834 by fur trappers William Sublette and Robert Campbell, to the demise as a military outpost in 1890, the reader is chronologically taken along on these fifty-six years as to the importance of this western safe haven.
We read of the significance of Ft. Laramie to the traders and Indians, the transfer of it to the American Fur Company, then finally to the U. military in 1849.
The authors cover not only the history of the fort itself, but also the relationship of this stronghold to other geographical areas in its region.
www.wi-fitechnology.com /Wi-Fi-Products-0803272235.html   (401 words)

  
 FORT LARAMIE ORIGINAL OLD RADIO SHOWS OF YESTERYEAR
The Fort Laramie series first aired on January 22, 1956 over the CBS radio network.
Weekly stories dealt with living and dying on the American western frontier.
The cast consisted of Captain Lee Quince: Raymond Burr, Sergeant Gorce: Vic Perrin, Lieutenant Seiberts: Harry Bartell, and Major Daggett: Jack Moyles.
www.originaloldradio.com /fort_laramie.html   (151 words)

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