Marshall Dillon visits a struggling homestead where a new couple, Joe and his wife, are trying to make a life on the prairie. When he discovers that Ed Thorpe has died of spotted fever, Dillon must arrange care for Thorpe's orphaned baby while also helping the desperate settlers who can barely feed themselves.With Matt Dillon, Chester, Joe, Mrs. Naylor, Ed Thorpe, Doc, Mrs. Needler, Emmett Bowers.Listen for: The Marshall's efforts to find a home for an orphaned child and help struggling settlers on the frontierEvery recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.Live around the clock: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato