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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.
Character :Narrator
Character :Chauffeur
Character :Train Passenger
Character :Emma Staley
Character :Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History
Character :young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley
Character :young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley
Character :Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young
Character :G.E. Chamberlain (voice)
Character :Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union
Character :Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Character :Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman
Character :Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum
Character :Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL
Character :Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley
Character :Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library
Character :Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears
Character :Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees
Character :A.P. Titus (voice)
Character :Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Character :Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral
Character :Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois
Character :G.E. Chamberlain
Character :Walter Franklin (voice)
Character :A.E. Staley (voice)
Character :Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
Character :Emma Staley (voice)
Character :Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Character :Self - Director of The Staley Museum
Character :Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players
Character :Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley
Character :Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia
Character :C.D. Lyon (voice)
Character :Wabash Railroad Conductor
Character :Housekeeper
Character :Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain
Character :Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame
Character :Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum
Character :Self - Author & Historian
Character :Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review
Character :Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals
Character :A.E. Staley
Character :Wabash Railroad Secretary
Character :Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative
Character :Ed Scheiter (voice)
Character :Self - News Anchor WAND-TV
Character :Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church
Character :Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Character :Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Character :Self - Historian
Character :Adolph Mueller (voice)
Character :Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL
Character :Staley Rail Engineer
Character :Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Character :Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley
Character :Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL