- 1Preface
- 2To the Reader
- 3Chapter I — Reminiscences of Youth
- 4Chapter II — Missouri in Its Wild and Uncultivated State
- 5Chapter III — A Silver Expedition
- 6Chapter IV — The Mormons
- 7Chapter V — The Mormons’ Mecca
- 8Chapter VI — My First Venture
- 9Chapter VII — Faithful Friends
- 10Chapter VIII — Our War With Mexico
- 11Chapter IX — Doniphan’s Expedition
- 12Chapter X — The Pioneer of Frontier Telegraphy
- 13Chapter XI — An Overland Outfit
- 14Chapter XII — Kit Carson
- 15Chapter XIII — Adventures of a Trapper
- 16Chapter XIV — Trapping
- 17Chapter XV — An Adventure With Indians
- 18Chapter XVI — Crossing the Plains
- 19Chapter XVII — “The Jayhawkers of 1849.”
- 20Chapter XVIII — Mirages
- 21Chapter XIX — The First Stage Into Denver
- 22Chapter XX — The Gold Fever
- 23Chapter XXI — The Overland Mail
- 24Chapter XXII — The Pony Express and Its Brave Riders
- 25Chapter XXIII — The Battle of the Buffaloes
- 26Chapter XXIV — The Black Bear
- 27Chapter XXV — The Beaver
- 28Chapter XXVI — A Boy’s Trip Overland
- 29Chapter XXVII — The Denver of Early Days
- 30Chapter XXVIII — The Denver of To-Day and Its Environs
- 31Chapter XXIX — Buffalo Bill From Boyhood to Fame
- 32Chapter XXX — The Platte Valley
- 33Chapter XXXI — Kansas City Before the War
- 34Chapter XXXII — The Graves of Pioneers
- 35Chapter XXXIII — Silver Mining
- 36Chapter XXXIV — Wild West Fruits
- 37Chapter XXXV — How English Capitalists Got a Foothold
- 38Chapter XXXVI — Montana’s Towns and Cities
- 39Chapter XXXVII — California’s Great Trees
- 40Chapter XXXVIII — The Flowers of the Far West
- 41Chapter XXXIX — Colorado
- 42Chapter XL — The Surgeon Scout
- 43Conclusion
Seventy Years on the Frontier
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