This is an I-Heart podcast.

Guaranteed Human.

This is Lee Habib, and this is our American Stories,

the show where America is the star and the American people.

Silver bullets, the William Tell Overture, and the phrase Kimusabi, all were thrust into

the cultural mainstream at the height of the Great Depression in 1931 with the Lone Ranger.

Here to tell the story of the lone ranger is Stephen Iowanu, author of the book

Yesteryear, which is about the creators of the Lone Ranger. Take it away, Stephen. With his faithful!

With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto,

the daring and resourceful, masked rider of the plains

led the fight for law and order in the early western United States.

Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice.

In response to hundreds of requests from interested listeners,

this Lone Ranger program will retell the story of the origin of the Lone Ranger.

George W. Trundel was born in Ohio in 1884.

He graduated from law school in 1908,

and his specialty was contract law and negotiation.

And he was very good at his job.

He had a shrewd mind, a keen sense of business acumen,

and really a good business instinct,

knowing when to get in and went to get out

of various endeavors.

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