Overview
At the beginning of the Civil War, Benjamin Eaton brings his upper-class bride, Alice, to live in California. She is thrown into the rough life of Los Angeles, with its lawlessness and other dangers. The devastating drought of 1862 tries Ben and Alice's pioneer spirit, and forms the background of their amazing true story. With the help of Ben's Southern-minded brother-in-law, Br. John S.Griffin, and wealthy business partner, Mr. Don Benito Wilson, they find a way to build the first zanja — water system — to bring water out of the Arroyo Seco. How that happened is this story...
Cast
- Jeff Kernaghan as Benjamin Eaton
- Jandis Erickson as Alice Eaton
- Dex Livingston as Don Benito Wilson
- Michael Holmes as Calvin Fletcher
- Gus Lynch as John Griffin
- Jeanne Mount as Alice Eaton (age 70)
- Tiffany Brown as Olive Eaton
- Robert Fabiani as Manuel Rodriguez