The Awakening of the Desert

CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
I	A Call to the Wilderness	11
II	"Roll Out"	18
III	The Advancing Wave of Civilization	24
IV	A River Town of the Day	38
V	Our Introduction to the Great Plains	52
VI	The Oregon Trail	64
VII	Society in the Wilderness	76
VIII	Jack Morrow's Ranch	88
IX	Men of the Western Twilight	102
X	Dan, the Doctor	118
XI	Fording the Platte in High Water	133
XII	The Phantom Liar of Greasewood Desert	142
XIII	The Mystery of Scott's Bluffs	156
XIV	The Peace Pipe at Laramie	167
XV	Red Cloud on the War Path	186
XVI	The Mormon Trail	196
XVII	Wild Midnight Revelry in the Caspar Hills	211
XVIII	A Night at Red Buttes	223
XIX	Camp Fire Yarns at Three Crossings	237
XX	A Spectacular Buffalo Chase	252
XXI	The Parting of the Ways	267
XXII	The Banditti of Ham's Fork	281
XXIII	Through the Wasatch Mountains	290
XXIV	Why a Fair City Arose in a Desert	303
XXV	Some Inside Glimpses of Mormon Affairs	324
XXVI	Mormon Homes and Social Life	342
XXVII	The Boarding House Train	359
XXVIII	Some Episodes in Stock Hunting	380
XXIX	Adventures of an Amateur Detective	393
XXX	The Overland Stage Line	409

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