Centennial - Season 1 - Eps 3: The Wagon and the Elephant
1845: In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, young Mennonite Levi Zendt heads out west with his bride-to-be Elly Zamm. On the wagon train and in St. Louis they meet young English writer Oliver Seccombe and Army Captain Maxwell Mercy - who is married to Lisette, Pasquinel's daughter. McKeag weds Clay Basket and adopts her half-breed daughter Lucinda. While on the wagon train, guide Samuel Purchase tries to rape Elly, causing Levi and Elly to leave it, meeting McKeag and later establish the settlement of the town Centennial.
About Centennial
Title: Centennial
First Air Date: 1978-10-01
Last Air Date: 1979-02-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 34 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 12
Network: NBC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Western
Production Companies: Universal Television, Universal Television Entertainment
Synopsis
The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.
Cast
Robert Conrad
Pasquinel
Richard Chamberlain
Alexander McKeag
Raymond Burr
James Clark
Sally Kellerman
Lise Bockweiss
Barbara Carrera
Clay Basket
Richard Crenna
Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Donald Pleasence
Sam Purchas
Alex Karras
Hans Brumbaugh
Lynn Redgrave
Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
Chad Everett
Major Maxwell Mercy