Nebraska Jack: Frontier Gentleman (August 3, 1958)

“Nebraska Jack” is an episode of Frontier Gentleman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 3, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A frontier gentleman encounters Nebraska Jack, a legendary weathered old scout and trader who has settled in Wyoming with his large family. Jack recounts his colorful past as a guide, prospector, and fighter, and explains how he came to live with multiple wives in his imposing riverside blockhouse.

Wyoming territory, along a river trail near Nebraska Jack's three-story blockhouse home

Characters: The Frontier Gentleman, Nebraska Jack, Ollimanigan, Mary, Nebraska Jack's wives and children

Listen for: Nebraska Jack's tall tales of his adventures as a scout, trader, and fighter, and his unconventional family arrangement in the remote frontier

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.