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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. Howdy there friends, this is Chad Remington. Chad Remington, frontier lawyer from the frontier town called Os R…

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Synopsis

In The Badlands, Chad Remington, a frontier lawyer, is busy managing his cattle ranch when he receives an urgent telegram from Sheriff Kurt Bodie of Bonanza City. The sheriff invites him to a party honoring peace officers in the area, a gathering that promises to be lively given the town's notorious reputation. Chad's friend, Cherokee O'Bannon, is eager to join him, despite his questionable past and the potential for trouble in a town known for its lawlessness.

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B

Bill Forman

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Ivan Ditmars

Reed Hadley

Wade Crosby

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  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_Frontier_Town_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
  • 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 47

44 The Badlands

Saturday, November 19, 1949 · 28:19

Frontier Town, Episode 47

44 The Badlands

Saturday, November 19, 1949 · 28:19

Summary

Chad Remington and Cherokee O'Bannon find themselves embroiled in a dangerous situation when they attend a party in Bonanza City, where a notorious criminal named Boston Flora is up to no good. The stakes rise as they uncover her plans and the law closes in.

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