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Author Bret Harte relates the story of the discovery of gold in California at Sutter's Mill, and how that discovery changed the history of the west forever.
24 Cast Members
John Dehner
Capt. John Sutter
Henry Jones
Joe Gillis
Gene Evans
Sam Brannon
Ken Curtis
Kentuck
Victor Mohica
Joaquin Murieta
Robert Hays
Bret Harte / Narrator
Cliff Osmond
Harry Love
Don Haggerty
Jake Brown
Coleman Creel
Owens
Henry Kendrick
C.C. Smith
Bill Zuckert
Parson
Bert Santos
John Aspiras
John Bishop
Thomas
David Chambers
Stewart Falconer
John Hansen
William Moore
H.E.D. Redford
Oscar Rowland
