42 Chapters
- 1 REMINISCENCES OF YOUTH.
- 2 MISSOURI IN ITS WILD AND UNCULTIVATED STATE.
- 3 A SILVER EXPEDITION.
- 4 Footnote
- 5 THE MORMONS.
- 6 THE MORMONS' MECCA.
- 7 MY FIRST VENTURE.
- 8 FAITHFUL FRIENDS.
- 9 OUR WAR WITH MEXICO.
- 10 DONIPHAN'S EXPEDITION.
- 11 THE PIONEER OF FRONTIER TELEGRAPHY.
- 12 AN OVERLAND OUTFIT.
- 13 KIT CARSON.
- 14 ADVENTURES OF A TRAPPER.
- 15 TRAPPING.
- 16 AN ADVENTURE WITH INDIANS.
- 17 CROSSING THE PLAINS.
- 18 "THE JAYHAWKERS OF 1849."
- 19 MIRAGES.
- 20 THE FIRST STAGE INTO DENVER.
- 21 THE GOLD FEVER.
- 22 THE OVERLAND MAIL.
- 23 THE PONY EXPRESS AND ITS BRAVE RIDERS.
- 24 THE BATTLE OF THE BUFFALOES.
- 25 THE BLACK BEAR.
- 26 THE BEAVER.
- 27 A BOY'S TRIP OVERLAND.
- 28 THE DENVER OF EARLY DAYS.
- 29 THE DENVER OF TO-DAY AND ITS ENVIRONS.
- 30 BUFFALO BILL FROM BOYHOOD TO FAME.
- 31 THE PLATTE VALLEY.
- 32 KANSAS CITY BEFORE THE WAR.
- 33 THE GRAVES OF PIONEERS.
- 34 SILVER MINING.
- 35 WILD WEST FRUITS.
- 36 HOW ENGLISH CAPITALISTS GOT A FOOTHOLD.
- 37 MONTANA'S TOWNS AND CITIES.
- 38 CALIFORNIA'S GREAT TREES.
- 39 THE FLOWERS OF THE FAR WEST.
- 40 COLORADO.
- 41 THE SURGEON SCOUT.
- 42 A SUMMING UP OF THE HAPPENINGS THAT OCCURRED OR TRANSPIRED IN EVERY DECADE, COMMENCING WITH THE TWENTIES AND ENDING WITH NINETY.