Destination Freedom (1948): The Man Who Owned Chicago (#69) [Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable]

Destination Freedom (1948): 11/06/49, episode 69
OTRR version v2411
This episode was provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers
The story of Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable (c. 1750-1818), believed to have originally been from Haiti, who founded a trading post in what became Chicago and was the first non-indigenous settler of the area.
Cast: Richard Durham (writer), Homer Heck (producer), Dick Loughran (director), Oscar Brown Jr. (Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable), Fred Pinkard, Dean Olmquist, Wezlynn Tildon, Russ Reed, Tonny Parrish, Emil Soderstrom (composer), Elwyn Owen (organist), Jose Bethancourt (music), Gary Dublee (technician), Cliff Mueller (sound effects), Dave Squires (sound effects), Hugh Downs (announcer)
#70 "Blind Alley Symphony" (Dean Dixon) is not known to exist.
#71 "The Tale of the Tobacco Auctioneer" (Kenneth R. Williams) is not known to exist.
#72 "The Death of Aesop" (repeat) is not known to exist.
#73 "Joe Rainey Versus the Status Quo" (Judge Joseph Homer Rainey) is not known to exist.

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