Fort Laramie | Gold (1956) | Bozeman Trail Western | Raymond Burr Old Time Radio Drama

Experience this gripping episode from May 20, 1956! "Gold" follows Captain Lee Quince as gold-hungry prospectors break treaty agreements and head up the dangerous Bozeman Trail into Indian territory.

This episode tackles real history: The Bozeman Trail was a 500-mile shortcut through Lakota Sioux hunting grounds that sparked Red Cloud's War. Montana's gold rush of the 1860s drew thousands through sacred Native lands, leading to years of bloody conflict.

Raymond Burr delivers a nuanced performance as Captain Quince, a cavalry officer caught between duty and conscience. Written by Kathleen Hite, one of the few female writers in radio westerns.

CAST:
★ Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince
★ Vic Perrin as Sergeant Goerss
★ Jack Moyles as Major Daggett
★ Howard McNear as Pliny (the sutler)
★ Virginia Gregg
★ Frank Gerstle

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
• The Bozeman Trail operated from 1863-1868
• Montana gold rush yielded $30 million in the 1860s
• Fort Laramie was a crucial staging point for western expansion

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