From the Book - Regular Print
Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out: Trail Driving (1546-1865-North America) 1 --
Alexander Mackenzie: Crossing the Continent (1792-1793-North America) 8 --
Zebulon Pike: Lost in the Louisiana Purchase (1806-1807-Western Frontier) 21 --
Maximilian and Bodmer: Science and Art in the Old West (1833-1834-Missouri River) 28 --
"Corralled for Defense": Indian Attacks on Wagon Trains (1840-1860-Emigrant Trails) 33 --
Porter Rockwell: God's Gunfighter (1840-1878-Western Frontier) 40 --
Edward Fitzgerald Beale: A Frontiersman for All Reasons (1846-California) 54 --
Free and Independent State of Deseret (1847-Great Basin) 61 --
Samuel Brannan: The Man Who Started the Gold Rush (1848-California) 74 --
Before Civil Rights: The Chinese in America (1849-California) 80 --
Dear Sir: Corresponding via the Jackass Mail (1851-1860-California and the Great Basin) 88 --
Ships of the Southwest Desert: Camels Join the Army (1856-Texas) 95 --
American Royalty: Emperor Norton I (1859-San Francisco) 104 --
Root Hog or Die: The Pig War (1859-San Juan Island) 112 --
Randolph B. Marcy: Tour Guide for the Westward Emigration (1859-Emigrant Trails) 116 --
Comstock Lode: A Silver-Lined Mountain (1859-Utah Territory) 123 --
Barney Ford: From Runaway Slave to Wealthy Businessman (1860-Colorado) 134 --
Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West (1862-New Mexico Territory) 138 --
Massacre at Bear River: First, Worst, Forgotten (1863-Washington Territory) 145 --
Adobe Walls: Ruins of a Way of Life (1864 and 1874-Texas) 155 --
End of the Civil War: Battle at the End of Texas (1865-Texas) 163 --
First Blood: Showdown in the Street (1865-Missouri) 168 --
Jacob Brodbeck: First Flight, First Crash? (1865-Texas) 175 --
Mass Murder: Circleville Massacre (1866-Utah Territory) 181 --
Black Hawk's Last Ride: Reconciliation (1869-Utah Territory) 188 --
Métis: Gone the Way of the Buffalo (1869-Prince Rupert's Land, United States and Canada) 197 --
Making Barbwire Famous: Tie Frying Pan Ranch (1881-Texas) 202 --
Surviving a Lead Storm: Elfego Baca (1888
Birth of the Modern World: Electricity (1891-Telluride, Colorado) 211.