Introductory letters / from Vice-President [Schuyler] Colfax and Governor [William] Bross
Introductory chapter: Our new West: Its extent and importance, and four great divisions ; The cordilleras of South America and their progress thorough North America ; The first great division, the plains ; The second, the Rocky Mountains ; The third, the Great Interior Basin ; The fourth, the Sierra Nevadas and the Pacific Coast ; The characteristics of each ; The promise of the book
Colorado: its mountains and parks
The Middle Park and the Ute Indians
Mountain climbing and camp life
An Indian "scare" and the Indians
The mines and the farms of Colorado
Men and women, or polygamy, in Utah
The future of the Mormons
Through the desert basin by stage
Over the mountains to the ocean
Country excursions in California
The Yo semite [Yosemite] Valley and the big trees
Oregon, Washington, British Columbia
The Columbia River, Idaho, Montana
Sandwich Islands, Colorado Canyon
Illustrations: Schuyler Colfax
Emigrants crossing the plains
Laying the track of the Pacific railroad
The march of civilization
an Indian encampment and a miner's cabin
residences of Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball
A representative mining town
Representative portraits: Two Chinese merchants, San Francisco; Indian girl, Oregon; Indian chief, Oregon
Scenery of the Columbia River.
Maps: Map of states and territories beyond the Mississippi, and showing the several Pacific railroad routes = Map to accompany "Our New West" by Samuel Bowles: Railroads; Unfinished railroads; Old stage roads.
Introductory letters / from Vice-President [Schuyler] Colfax and Governor [William] Bross
Introductory chapter: Our new West: Its extent and importance, and four great divisions ; The cordilleras of South America and their progress thorough North America ; The first great division, the plains ; The second, the Rocky Mountains ; The third, the Great Interior Basin ; The fourth, the Sierra Nevadas and the Pacific Coast ; The characteristics of each ; The promise of the book
Colorado : its mountains and parks
The Middle Park and the Ute Indians
Mountain climbing and camp life
An Indian "scare" and the Indians
The mines and the farms of Colorado
Men and women, or polygamy, in Utah
The future of the Mormons
Through the desert basin by stage
Over the mountains to the ocean
Country excursions in California
The Yo semite [Yosemite] Valley and the big trees
Oregon, Washington, British Columbia
The Columbia River, Idaho, Montana
Sandwich Islands, Colorado Canyon
