# Lone Ranger a radio program first aired in 1933 and later made into a television program in 1949. The story is set in Texas in the nineteenth century and tells the tales of the Lone Ranger, and his trusted Indian friend, Tonto, as they track down and apprehend the notorious gang responsible for the murder of the Lone Ranger's brother and 4 other Texas Rangers. The Lone Ranger and Tonto cut a trail of law and order across seven states, forcing "the powers of darkness into the blinding light of justice."