We come to know Lisa from Italy, arriving already engaged to a man she's never met and Joe and Tom Trenarry, who risk everything for a job in the mines and a chance at a better Life.

There's the schooner, The Resolution and her crew members who love the lake that daily threatens their lives.  A young Chinese woman and her daughter seek a home, as they follow the trail of the husband who fled China.  A German fami

Families and individuals, all seeking a future in a land that gives nothing away for free.