A study of the States and territorial regions of our Western empire, embracing history, statistics, and geography, with descriptions of the chief cities of the West.

In large part a compilation of earlier Western literature.
SAMUEL BOWLES, "Our New West," 1869.

Records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, with details regarding scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life, etc., including a full description of the Pacific States and studies of the "Mormons, Indians, and Chinese" at that time.
HIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDEN, "The American Fur Trade of the Far West," 1902.
The work of a distinguished Army officer.

Done with the exact care of an Army engineer.

An extraordinary collection of facts and a general view of the picturesque early industry of the fur trade, which did so much toward developing the American West.