Join Potato Plus

Transcripts › Challenge of the Yukon

Challenge of the Yukon: The Bag of Gold

Challenge of the Yukon · June 28, 1950 · 29 min · 5,070 words

The transcript of “The Bag of Gold”, an episode of Challenge of the Yukon first broadcast June 28, 1950. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Challenge of the Yukon free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

Transcript

The challenge of the Yukon! It's Yukon King, swiftness and strongest lead dog of the North West, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the North West Mounted Police, in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. And King, all new Huskies!

Gold, gold, discovered in the Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches, back to the days of the Gold Rush, With Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog, Yukon King, as they meet, the challenge of the Yukon.

With the coming of the summer of 1899, the year following the great rush to hunt gold in the Yukon territory, Whitehorse, the first large settlement above Skagway, was teeming with activity. Prices were high, and yet men were lax in the use of their money, since each was convinced he would strike it rich within a short time.

The thought of finding gold spurred most of them to hard work. But there were some, like Curly Dalton, who intended to get their gold an easy way. By taking it after others had found it.

Curly had gathered three men together, who thought as he did. They sat at the table in the cafe one day. Breakly I don't intend to break my back digging or panning for the stuffing. And now I see what you're driving at Curly.

That's more I think, meaning these other two pillars same way by getting bored. That fellas is just right. Well, in that case, suppose we go over to the hotel where we can talk privately. I'll tell you all just how we'll operate.

Come on, let's go. From the start, Curly and his gang used rough and ruthless methods to get what they were after. Their first job had been to rob the express office, just before the boat was ready to take on shipments to go to the States.

Read the full transcript with Potato Plus

110 more paragraphs, about 28 more minutes of the episode. Potato Plus is every episode on demand from any moment, every transcript in full and unlimited transcript search, for $5 a month.

Join Potato Plus, $5 a month

All Challenge of the Yukon transcripts · Search every transcript · The archive

The weekly note

New channels, the best find from the archive, and what is coming up. One email a week.

By clicking Sign up, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

LIVE
Sleep Open