The Stone Valley Sheep War: Wild Bill Hickok (May 21, 1954)

“The Stone Valley Sheep War” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 21, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles are asked to settle the feud between cattlemen and sheepmen in Stone Valley. Bill makes a deal with the cattle leader Si to hold off fighting while he talks with Bert Langdon, leader of the sheepmen. Their efforts at peace are repeatedly disrupted by gunfire and dead livestock, and Bill and Jingles find themselves caught in the middle of the growing conflict. The Wild Bill Hickok series aired on May 21, 1954, with Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles.

Stone Valley, a western range where cattlemen and sheepmen dispute the grazing land.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Si, Bert Langdon, Bart Willoughby

Listen for: Bill's agreement with Si to hold back the cattlemen while he talks with the sheepmen, and the gunfire that follows at the sheep camp.

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.