MARK TRAIL

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Mark Trail, the main character, is a photojournalist and outdoor magazine writer whose assignments lead him into danger and adventure. His assignments inevitably lead him to discover environmental misdeeds, most often solved with a crushing right cross.

The soft-spoken Trail lives in the fictional Lost Forest National Forest with his St. Bernard, Andy; veterinarian Doc Davis; Doc's daughter, and Trail's girlfriend and eventual wife, Cherry, and their adopted son, Rusty. "Mark reflects a reverence for God's creatures, nature, and the conservation of woods, water and wildlife" (Hill, 2003). His assignments in recent years have involved more sleuthing than wildlife photojournalism.

On January 30, 1950, Mutual Broadcasting System launched a radio adaptation, Mark Trail, featuring Matt Crowley in the title role. The 30-minute episodes aired three times weekly, and 174 episodes were produced, running until June 8, 1951. A second radio series, starring Staats Cotsworth, was broadcast on ABC beginning September 18, 1950, with 51 half-hour shows that ran thrice weekly until January, 1952. The series then switched to a 15-minute format, producing 125 episodes that aired weekdays through June 27, 1952. Only a handful of the 15-minute episodes are known to have survived.

Mark Trail is a newspaper comic strip created by the American cartoonist Ed Dodd. Introduced April 15, 1946, the strip centers on environmental and ecological themes. In 2006, King Features syndicated the strip to nearly 175 newspapers.

When Mark Trail began, it was syndicated through the New York Post in 1946 to 45 newspapers. Dodd, working as a national parks guide, had long been interested in environmental issues. The character is loosely based on the life and career of Charles N. Elliott (November 29, 1906 - May 1, 2000), at the time a U.S. forest ranger who edited Outdoor Life magazine from 1956 to 1974. Dodd once said that the physical model for Trail was John Wayt, his former neighbor in north Atlanta.

On January 30, 1950, Mutual Broadcasting System launched a radio adaptation, Mark Trail, featuring Matt Crowley in the title role. The 30-minute episodes aired three times weekly, and 174 episodes were produced, running until June 8, 1951. A second radio series, starring Staats Cotsworth, was broadcast on ABC beginning September 18, 1950, with 51 half-hour shows that ran thrice weekly until January, 1952. The series then switched to a 15-minute format, producing 125 episodes that aired weekdays through June 27, 1952. Only a handful of the 15-minute episodes are known to have survived.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul, public radio station KFAI hosted Mark Trail Radio Theatre starting in 1991. Produced by Babs Economon, its 17 adventures aired in 228 weekly installments on Friday evenings through September 2002.

In 1997, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began using Mark Trail as its official mascot, making him the voice of the National Weather Service and NOAA Weather and All Hazards Radio.

A television pilot for a "Mark Trail" series was filmed in Australia and Canada in 1969, starring Todd Armstrong as Trail, and Robert Dunlap as Scotty. Produced by Bob Stabler, the pilot also featured Michael Pate, Gordon McDougall, and Susan Lloyd.

 

EPISODES LIST

Mark Trail 50-01-30 (001) The Lumber King of Timber Mountain
Mark Trail 50-02-01 (002) Polluted Waters (aka Floating Death)
Mark Trail 50-02-03 (003) Satan and the Devil's Herd
Mark Trail 50-02-06 (004) Chief Lightfoot and the Buffalo
Mark Trail 50-02-15 (008) Whisperfoot (aka Andy the Sheep Killer)
Mark Trail 50-03-03 (015) Wildlife Acres
Mark Trail 50-03-06 (016) Vampires from the Deep
Mark Trail 50-03-08 (017) Killer that Strikes from the Sky
Mark Trail 50-03-17 (021) Rapids of No Return
Mark Trail 50-03-20 (022) The Rabid Foxes
Mark Trail 50-03-22 (023) The Eyeless Monster
Mark Trail 50-03-24 (024) The Deluge
Mark Trail 50-03-27 (025) Terror of the Bighorn
Mark Trail 50-04-03 (028) Coyotes of the Sky
Mark Trail 50-04-17 (034) The Thumping Beaver
Mark Trail 50-04-26 (038) Miracle Man of Junction Valley
Mark Trail 50-05-10 (044) Mystery of the Missing Deer
Mark Trail 50-05-15 (046) The Snake With the Red Hair (aka Snake Hill Survey)
Mark Trail 50-05-17 (047) Claws of the Killer Bear
Mark Trail 50-09-22 (072) The White Camel
Mark Trail 50-09-25 (073) The Purse Strings of Danger
Mark Trail 50-10-06 (076) Highway of Terror
Mark Trail 50-10-09 (079) Monster of the Gulf
Mark Trail 50-10-11 (080) The Forty Year Freeze
Mark Trail 50-10-13 (081) The Witch of the Lost Forest
Mark Trail 50-10-16 (082) Strange Invitation to Death
Mark Trail 50-10-18 (083) Wings of the Vampire
Mark Trail 50-10-20 (084) Killers of the Lost Forest
Mark Trail 50-10-23 (085) The Sticks of Fear
Mark Trail 50-10-25 (086) The Silver Sky
Mark Trail 50-10-27 (087) The Avenging Arrow
Mark Trail 50-11-22 (098) Poisoned Turkeys (aka Jim Pilgrim's Prized Turkeys)
Mark Trail 50-11-24 (099) Hawk of Diamonds
Mark Trail 51-10-03 (194) Snowy Owl Bounty
Mark Trail 51-10-05 (195) Operation Eager Beaver
Mark Trail 52-06-20 (356) The Swamp of Eternal Night - Ch 5 (aka The Mystery Of Satan's Glade) [Ch 5]
Mark Trail 52-06-23 (357) The Wolf Trap Ch 1

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