SONG LIST:

• Overture
• Go West!
• Wagons, Ho!
• My Pony And Me
• Steamboatin'
• Keep Rollin'
• Where I Make My Home
• Go For The Gold!
• Reprise: Go West!

CAST OF CHARACTERS:

The cast of characters can be broadened or contained by splitting roles or combining them. Here is a list of speaking parts as they appear in the script.

• James Marshall: The young man who first discovered gold while building a water wheel for John Sutter in California.
• John Soule: The young editorial newspaper writer for the Terre Haute Express who first coined the phrase "Go West, Young Man! And grow up with the country!"
• Wagon Master: In charge of leading a wagon train to the west
• Pioneer Woman 1 & 2
• Pioneer Man 1 & 2
• Cowpoke 1, 2, & 3: Boys or girls
• Hank: The lead Cowpoke
• Miner 1, 2, & 3
• Robert Fulton: Introduced the steamboat to America
• Steamboat Captain
• Captain's First Mate
• Mr. Henry: A railroad worker
• Brigham Young: Mormon leader who lead a group of Mormon settlers to Salt Lake City. He became the first Governor of the Utah Territory.
• Yellow Rose of Texas: A colorful woman of Texas history
• Tex: A Texan
• Mayor of Independence, Missouri where many wagon trains commenced.
• Peter Cooper: Inventor of the Tom Thumb, one of the first locomotives in the U.S.
• Townsperson 1, 2, & 3
• Horse Owner
• Announcer 1
• Announcer 2
• Native American (man or woman)
• Trapper Woman
• Trapper Man
• Farmer
• Sailor
• Mountain Man

Choreography and Staging suggestions are also included.