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Fields of Gold

Fields of Gold

A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Narrator

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Ben Harl

Chauffeur

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Ryan D Tebrugge

Train Passenger

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Diane Dietz

Emma Staley

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Earl L. Ijames

Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History

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Lana Wildman

Train Passenger

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Lucas Staley

young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley

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Squire Prince

Train Passenger

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Alex Staley

young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley

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Ken Mesnard

Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young

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Mike D. Deetz

G.E. Chamberlain (voice)

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James Slade

Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union

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Jason Aikens

Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Joyce Sternaman Howe

Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman

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John Sciutto

Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum

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John Lee

Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL

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Jack Garner

Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley

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Becky Damptz

Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library

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George McCaskey

Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears

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Rexlyn Nicole

Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees

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John F. Paris

A.P. Titus (voice)

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Jon Kendle

Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Daniel K. Wright

Train Passenger

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Lawrence Weaver

Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral

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Debra Bogle

Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois

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Jacob Deetz

G.E. Chamberlain

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Richard E. McCoy

Walter Franklin (voice)

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Charles A. McCue

A.E. Staley (voice)

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Morris Birkhead

Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

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Nancy Cole

Emma Staley (voice)

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Christian McWhirter

Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

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Laura Jahr

Self - Director of The Staley Museum

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Lisa Peters

Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players

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Randy Garner

Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley

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Natalie Beck

Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia

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Jerry Johnson

C.D. Lyon (voice)

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Devin Leming

Wabash Railroad Conductor

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Lesley Nicholson

Housekeeper

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Michelle Tebrugge

Train Passenger

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William Deetz

Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain

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Erik Strohl

Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame

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Warren Dixon

Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum

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Claire Wright

Train Passenger

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Richard Lindberg

Self - Author & Historian

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Justin Conn

Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review

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Michael Pittman

Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals

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Mark Staley

A.E. Staley

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Michael Krcil

Wabash Railroad Secretary

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Duane Noland

Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative

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Patrick A. Foster

Ed Scheiter (voice)

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Sean Streaty

Self - News Anchor WAND-TV

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James Groome

Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church

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Shelley Wooters

Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

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Mary Jo Brace

Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

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Mark Sorenson

Self - Historian

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Dennis Rendleman

Adolph Mueller (voice)

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Julie Moore-Wolfe

Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL

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Stephen Potter

Staley Rail Engineer

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Thomas W. Hanks

Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln

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Robert Staley

Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley

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Chad Richards

Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL

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