The Lone Ranger is a fictional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_mask former https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division who fought outlaws in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_frontier with his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States friend, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.

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He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXYT_(AM) (Detroit), conceived either by station owner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Trendlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger#cite_note-Museum-3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger#cite_note-HOF-4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger#cite_note-Time-5 or by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Striker,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger#cite_note-LATimes-8 the show's writer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger#cite_note-9https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger#cite_note-10 The radio series proved to be a hit, and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger_(TV_series) that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several films. The title character was played on the radio show by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Graser for some 1,300 episodes, but three others preceded him, according to The New York Times: "a man named Deeds, who lasted only a few weeks; a George Stenius [actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Seaton according to the Los Angeles Times], and then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brace_Beemer; the latter became the narrator of the program.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger#cite_note-11

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