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Frontier Town, the saga of the roaring west. Frontier Town. El Paso, Cheyenne, Calgary, Tombstone. Frontier Town. Here is the adventurous story of the early west, the tamed and the untamed. From the Pecos to Powder River, Dodge City to Poker Flat, these are the towns they fought to live in and lived to fight for. Teeming crucibles of pioneer freedom, Frontier Town. Frontier Town. Frontier Lawyer. Hello there, I'm Chad Remington, Frontier Lawyer. Now don't go getting any idea…

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Synopsis

In Sundown Valley, part of the Frontier Town series, the peaceful morning quickly turns into chaos as Chad Remington, a frontier lawyer, and his sidekick Cherokee O'Bannon ride toward a homesteader's cabin after hearing gunfire. The tranquility of the day is shattered, and the two men realize they may be heading into a dangerous situation involving a potential range war. The tension is palpable as they approach the scene, where they find rancher Cy Davenport and the young homesteaders Bud and Donna Gafferty in a standoff.

Host

B

Bill Forman

Cast›

Bob Mitchell

I

Ivan Ditmars

Reed Hadley

Wade Crosby

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Credits

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  • Cast and sponsor data from RadioGold Index (J. David Goldin / UMKC Libraries).
  • Historical context from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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Frontier Town, Episode 34

31 Sundown Valley

Saturday, August 20, 1949 · 28:14

Frontier Town, Episode 34

31 Sundown Valley

Saturday, August 20, 1949 · 28:14

Summary

Chad Remington and Cherokee O'Bannon arrive at a homesteader's cabin to find a tense standoff between ranchers and homesteaders. The situation escalates when a rancher is shot, leading to a deeper mystery about the circumstances of the crime.

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That night in history

Headlines

  • 1949 — Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic.
  • 1949 — 1949 Kemi strike: Two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi, Finland.
  • 1949 — The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
  • 1949 — Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge.

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