In 1933,during the depths of the grand Depression, the March of the Swiss Soldiers” finale from the William Tell overture came blaring over the airwaves from radio station WXYZ in Detroit to announce the arrival of a novel American hero. Station owner George Trendle wanted a point to about a mysterious cowboy, and so writer Fran Striker developed a character who was the sole survivor of a group of Texas Rangers ambushed by a gang. After being found near death and nursed back to health by the Indian Tonto,the Lone Ranger dons a mask and sets out on his horse... Read the rest of this entry »
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