This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. 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.
Cast
Glynis Johns
Jo Eunson
Cameron Mitchell
Robert Eunson
Rex Thompson
Robbie Eunson
Patty McCormack
Annabelle Eunson
Ernest Truex
Doctor Delbert
Hope Emerson
Mrs. Pubmeister
Alan Hale Jr.
Tom Cullen
Sylvia Field
Lelia Delbert
Royal Dano
Howard Tyler
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Runyon
Stephen Wootton
Jimmy Eunson
Tom Nolan
Kirk Eunson
Yolanda White
Elizabeth Eunson
Rita Johnson
Katie Tyler
Ellen Corby
Mrs. Raiden
Francis De Sales
Mr. Stephens
Jon Provost
Robbie Eunson - age 6
Dabbs Greer
Clendenning
Mary Adams
Mrs. Roscoe
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