- 1Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., D.C.L — Dedication
- 2Epigraph — Introduction
- 3Chapter I — The Migration of the Peoples
- 4Chapter II — The Cradle of Westward Expansion
- 5Chapter III — The Back Country and the Border
- 6Chapter IV — The Indian War
- 7Chapter V — In Defense of Civilization
- 8Chapter VI — Crushing the Cherokees
- 9Chapter VII — The Land Companies
- 10Chapter VIII — The Long Hunters in the Twilight Zone
- 11Chapter IX — Daniel Boone and Wilderness Exploration
- 12Chapter X — Daniel Boone in Kentucky
- 13Chapter XI — The Regulators
- 14Chapter XII — Watauga — Haven of Liberty
- 15Chapter XIII — Opening the Gateway — Dunmore’s War
- 16Chapter XIV — Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company
- 17Chapter XV — Transylvania — A Wilderness Commonwealth
- 18Chapter XVI — The Repulse of the Red Men
- 19Chapter XVII — The Colonization of the Cumberland
- 20Chapter XVIII — King’s Mountain
- 21Chapter XIX — The State of Franklin
- 22Chapter XX — The Lure of Spain — The Haven of Statehood
- 23List of Notes
- 24Bibliographical Note
- 25Chapter XVII
- 26Chapter XVIII
- 27Chapter XIX
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
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