A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
Elenco: Dewey Martin , Aldo Ray , Anne Collings , Dean Smith , James Griffith , Stewart Petersen , Dehl Berti , Bea Morris , Scott Petersen , Debbie van Orden , Diane Petersen , Suzanne Petersen , Julie Petersen , Christie Clark , Kliss Sparks , Pat Wilde , Craig Larson , Roger Pancake , Anne David , Riley Morgan , Anne Seymour .