| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| | STEPPING WESTWARD |
| I | STEPPING WESTWARD | [3] |
| II | BIFURCATED BUFFALO | [21] |
| III | CLEVELAND CHARACTERISTICS | [40] |
| IV | MORE CLEVELAND CHARACTERISTICS | [48] |
| | MICHIGAN MEANDERINGS | |
| V | DETROIT THE DYNAMIC | [65] |
| VI | AUTOMOBILES AND ART | [77] |
| VII | THE MÆCENAS OF THE MOTOR | [91] |
| VIII | THE CURIOUS CITY OF BATTLE CREEK | [105] |
| IX | KALAMAZOO | [121] |
| X | GRAND RAPIDS THE "ELECT" | [127] |
| | CHICAGO |
| XI | A MIDDLE-WESTERN MIRACLE | [139] |
| XII | FIELD'S AND THE "TRIBUNE" | [150] |
| XIII | THE STOCKYARDS | [164] |
| XIV | THE HONORABLE HINKY DINK | [173] |
| XV | AN OLYMPIAN PLAN | [181] |
| XVI | LOOKING BACKWARD | [187] |
| | "IN MIZZOURA" |
| XVII | SOMNOLENT ST. LOUIS | [201] |
| XVIII | THE FINER SIDE | [221] |
| XIX | HANNIBAL AND MARK TWAIN | [237] |
| XX | PIKE AND POKER | [253] |
| XXI | OLD RIVER DAYS | [267] |
| | THE BEGINNING OF THE WEST |
| XXII | KANSAS CITY | [275] |
| XXIII | ODDS AND ENDS | [291] |
| XXIV | COLONEL NELSON'S "STAR" | [302] |
| XXV | KEEPING A PROMISE | [313] |
| XXVI | THE TAME LION | [323] |
| XXVII | KANSAS JOURNALISM | [337] |
| XXVIII | A COLLEGE TOWN | [345] |
| XXIX | MONOTONY | [365] |
| | THE MOUNTAINS AND THE COAST |
| XXX | UNDER PIKE'S PEAK | [379] |
| XXXI | HITTING A HIGH SPOT | [400] |
| XXXII | COLORADO SPRINGS | [417] |
| XXXIII | CRIPPLE CREEK | [434] |
| XXXIV | THE MORMON CAPITAL | [439] |
| XXXV | THE SMITHS | [454] |
| XXXVI | PASSING PICTURES | [465] |
| XXXVII | SAN FRANCISCO | [474] |
| XXXVIII | "BEFORE THE FIRE" | [488] |
| XXXIX | AN EXPOSITION AND A "BOOSTER" | [498] |
| XL | NEW YORK AGAIN | [507] |