Boatwrights Story: Fort Laramie (January 29, 1956)

“Boatwrights Story” is an episode of Fort Laramie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 29, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

At Fort Laramie, Captain Quince discovers that a homestead has been attacked by Sioux Indians led by Yellowknife, who are now armed with repeating rifles. Despite orders from the Major to remain focused on reservation security, Captain Quince decides to take matters into his own hands and ventures into Sioux territory to confront an old acquaintance, Chief Wild Dog, hoping to prevent a wider uprising.

Fort Laramie military outpost and surrounding frontier territory in the American West, with nearby Sioux reservation.

Characters: Captain Quince, Sergeant Gorse, Boatwright, Vickers, Lieutenant Sybert, Corporal Mercer, Major, Yellowknife

Listen for: The tension between military orders and field judgment as Captain Quince defies his commanding officer; details about the Indian attacks and the mysterious supply of repeating rifles to the Sioux; Boatwright's stories and complaints about army life contrasted with his pride in serving under Quince.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.