Apron Faced Sorrel: The Six Shooter (February 7, 1954)

“Apron Faced Sorrel” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 7, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Sixteen-year-old Clay arrives by train at Rustville Station to spend the summer on a ranch in the western territories. Britt Ponson, a local rancher and gunfighter, meets Clay at the station and brings him to Mr. Poindexter's spread, where Clay will work alongside Britt and Poindexter's son Jeff, learning the ways of ranch life for the first time.

A ranch near Rustville Station in the western territories, 1954. The story begins at the train station and moves to Mr. Poindexter's 500-acre cattle ranch.

Characters: Britt Ponson, Clay, Mr. Poindexter, Jeff Poindexter

Listen for: A city boy's first encounters with ranch work and western life; the relationship between young Clay and the experienced gunfighter Britt Ponson, who knew Clay's mother years ago in Dakota.

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.