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Just go to patreon.greatetectives.net. Now it's time for this week's episode of Tales of the

Texas Rangers. The original air date is August the 26th of 1950, and the title is The Open Range.

It's National Wheaties Week!

Yes, it's National Wheaties Week, and Wheaties present Joel McRae in Tales of the Texas Rangers.

On stage tonight, transcribe from Hollywood another in the Wheaties big parade of exciting half-hour

presentations. Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McRae as Ranger Pearson.

Texas more than 260,000 square miles, at 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law

enforcement party in North America.

Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on facts. Only names, dates,

and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of records.

Tonight's case, The Open Range.

It is August 4th, 1948. Mori Buckland is Sunday of a driving across their ranch in a Jeep.

Dropping off salt cakes for their cattle.

How is the last stopper?

Here, we'll drop this one here. What's the matter, far?

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