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.
as Capt. John Sutter
as Joe Gillis
as Sam Brannon
as Kentuck
as Joaquin Murieta
as Bret Harte / Narrator
as Harry Love
as Jake Brown
as Owens
as C.C. Smith
as Parson
as Thomas
as Russ Kincaid
as Prospector
as Young Prospector