This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850's. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.

Starring:

Alan Hale Jr, Butch Bernard, Cameron Mitchell, Dabbs Greer, Ellen Corby, Ernest Truex, Francis De Sales, Frank Marlowe, Frank Mitchell, Glynis Johns, Henry Kulky, Hope Emerson, Jon Provost, Madge Blake, Margaret Brayton, Mark Easton, Mary Adams, Norman Ollestad, Patty McCormack, Peter Michael, Reta Shaw, Rex Thompson, Rita Johnson, Rosalyn Boulter, Roy

Genre:

Drama, Family, Romance