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.

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Fields of Gold

August 18, 2023

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Cast (61)

Narrator

Chauffeur

Train Passenger

Emma Staley

Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History

Train Passenger

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

Train Passenger

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

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

G.E. Chamberlain (voice)

Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union

Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame

Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman

Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum

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

Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley

Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library

Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears

Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees

A.P. Titus (voice)

Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame

Train Passenger

Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral

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

G.E. Chamberlain

Walter Franklin (voice)

A.E. Staley (voice)

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

Emma Staley (voice)

Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

Self - Director of The Staley Museum

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

Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley

Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia

C.D. Lyon (voice)

Wabash Railroad Conductor

Housekeeper

Train Passenger

Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain

Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame

Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum

Train Passenger

Self - Author & Historian

Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review

Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals

A.E. Staley

Wabash Railroad Secretary

Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative

Ed Scheiter (voice)

Self - News Anchor WAND-TV

Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church

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

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

Self - Historian

Adolph Mueller (voice)

Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL

Staley Rail Engineer

Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley

Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL

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