Centennial - Season 1 - Eps 1: Only the Rocks Live Forever
A feisty Quebec trapper meets Arapaho Chief Lame Beaver in his travels throughout the American West. Thus beginning a series of relationships that create a timeline of adventures from the late 1700's to the 20th century. On a trip to St. Louis to sell his wares, he encounters the wealthy silversmith Herman Bockweiss (Raymond Burr) and enters a partnership with him to bring guns and silver to the Indians. He agrees to marry Bockweiss' daughter Lise (Sally Kellerman) and leaves shortly thereafter to return to his trapping trade. He encounters and saves the life of his future partner, Alexander McKeag (Richard Chamberlain), a Scotsman attempting to escape his past. They make their way to an Arapaho camp where McKeag, who has been injured, is tended by Chief Lame Beaver's daughter, Clay Basket (Barbara Carrera). They fall in love, but she instead marries Pasquinel at her father's request. Accompanied by Clay Basket, the partners set out in search of Pasquinel's true desire - gold.
About Centennial

Title: Centennial
First Air Date: 1978-10-01
Last Air Date: 1979-02-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 31 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