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Go West!. 2014 Spring Musical Character Profiles . James Marshall. * Young man who first discovered gold while building a water wheel for John Sutter in California. John Soule.
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Go West! 2014 Spring Musical Character Profiles
James Marshall * Young man who first discovered gold while building a water wheel for John Sutter in California
John Soule * 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 Men & Women * Traveled west with the wagon trains
Hank & Cowpokes * Heading West, but are not in a hurry because they have cattle to herd along the way.
Miners Traveled out West with the wagon train, but settled in California.
Robert FultonSteamboat CaptainFirst Mate * Robert Fulton introduced the steamboat to America
Mr. Henry * A railroad worker
Brigham Young * Mormon leader who led a group of Mormon settlers to Salt Lake City. He became the first Governor of the Utah Territory.
Yellow Rose * A colorful woman of Texas history
Tex * A Texan
Mayor of Independence, Missouri * Many wagon trains commenced in Independence, Missouri
Peter Cooper * Inventor of the Tom Thumb, one of the first locomotives in the United States