Episode 17 aired January 10, 1954 on the NBC Radio Network. An oldtimer prospector named Hiram strikes it rich. Britt Ponsett uses his guns in a gunfight and gets shot at the assay office during a holdup. Britt’s horse Scar was able finish the eight miles of prairie between the hills and Clay City. It was over six months since their last visit to Clay City and surely Scar couldn’t be remembering the filly at the livery, but something sure was encouraging him to move onwards. Howard McNear (Photo above) portrays Hiram. Howard Terbell McNear (January 27, 1905 – January 3, 1969) was an American stage, screen, and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Doc on radio's Gunsmoke and as Floyd Lawson, the barber on The Andy Griffith TV Show (1961-1967).
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James Stewart is The Six Shooter BRITT PONSETT
