The West Speck Of The Future (1848-1856) (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 86 min | Documentary, History, War

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The West

Speck Of The Future (1848-1856) (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 86 min | Documentary, History, War

In 1848, a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the stream bed of the American River in California -- and came up with the future of the West in the palm of his hand. He had discovered gold.

Director

Stephen Ives (directed by)

Writers

Dayton Duncan (written by) | Geoffrey C. Ward (written by)

Producers

Jody Abramson (produced by) | Stephen Ives (produced by) | Michael Kantor (produced by)

Composer

Matthias Gohl (music by)

Cinematographers

Allen Moore | Buddy Squires

Editor

Michael Levine

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Updated Sep 17, 1996

Release date

Sep 17, 1996 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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27 cast members

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Peter Coyote Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
J.S. Holliday Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The West (1996)
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Richard White Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995)
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Jack Chen Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The West (1996)
Patricia Nelson Limerick Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Jo Allyn Archambault Self - Anthropologist Self - Anthropologist See fewer	The West (1996)
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