| I—At the Base of the Rockies. | |
| First Impressions of the Mountains. A Problem, and its Solution. Denver—Descriptive and Historical. The Resources which Assure its Future. Some General Information concerning the Mining, Stock Raising and Agricultural Interests of Colorado. | 13 |
| II—Along the Foothills. |
| The Expedition Moves. Its Personnel. The Romantic Attractions of the Divide. Light on Monument Park. Colorado Springs, a City of Homes, of Morality and Culture. Its Pleasant Environs: Glen Eyrie, Blair Athol, Austin’s Glen, the Cheyenne CaÑons | 26 |
| III—A Mountain Spa. |
| Manitou, and the Mineral Springs. The Ascent of Pike’s Peak; bronchos and blue noses. Ute Pass, and Rainbow Falls. The Garden of the Gods. Manitou Park. Williams’ CaÑon, and the Cave of the Winds. An Indian Legend. | 36 |
| IV—Pueblo and its Furnaces. |
| The Largest Smelter in the World. The Colorado Coal and Iron Company. Pueblo’s Claims as a Trade Center, and its Tributary Railway System. A Chapter of Facts and Figures in support of the New Pittsburgh. | 51 |
| V—Over the Sangre de Cristo. |
| Up and down Veta Mountain, with some Extracts from a letter. Veta Pass, and the Muleshoe Curve. Spanish Peaks. Beautiful Scenery, and Famous Railroading. A general outline of the Rocky Mountain Ranges. | 60 |
| VI—San Luis Park. |
| A Fertile and Well-watered Valley. The Method of Irrigation. Sierra Blanca. A Digression to describe the Home on Wheels. Alamosa, Antonito and Conejos. Cattle, Sheep and Agriculture in the largest Mountain Park. | 71 |
| VII—The Invasion of New Mexico. |
| Barranca, among the Sunflowers. An Excursion to Ojo Caliente, and Description of the Hot Springs. Pre-historic Relics—a Rich Field for the ArchÆologist. SeÑor vs. Burro. An Ancient Church, with its Sacred Images. | 81 |
| VIII—El Mexicano y Puebloano. |
| Comanche CaÑon and Embudo. The Penitentes. The Rio Grande Valley; Alcalde, Chamita and Espanola. New Mexican Life, Homes and Industries. The Indian Pueblos, and their Strange History. Architecture, Pottery, and Threshing. | 92 |
| IX—Santa Fe and the Sacred Valley. |
| Santa Fe, the Oldest City in the United States. Fact and Tradition. San Fernandez de Taos—the Home of Kit Carson. Pueblo de Taos Birthplace of Montezuma, and Typical and Well-Preserved. The Festival of St. Geronimo. Exit Amos. | 106 |
| X—Toltec Gorge. |
| Heading for the San Juan Country. From Mesa to Mountain Top. The Curl of the Whiplash. Above the silvery Los Pinos. Phantom Curve. A Startling Peep from Toltec Tunnel. Eva Cliff. “In Memoriam.” | 115 |
| XI—Along the Southern Border. |
| The PiÑos-Chama Summit. Trout and Game. The Groves of Chama. Mexican Rural Life at Tierra Amarilla. The Iron Trail. Rio San Juan and its Tributaries. Pagosa Springs. Apache Visitors. The Southern Utes. Durango. | 120 |
| XII—The Queen of the CaÑons. |
| Geology of the Sierra San Juan. The Attractions of Trimble Springs. Beauty and Fertility of the Animas Valley. The CaÑon of the River of Lost Souls. Engineering under difficulties. The Needles, and Garfield Peak. | 129 |
| XIII—Silver San Juan. |
| Geological Resume. Scraps of History. Snow-shoes and Avalanches. The Mining Camps of Animas Forks, Mineral Point, Eureka and Howardville. Early Days in Baker’s Park. Poughkeepsie, Picayune and Cunningham Gulches. The Hanging. | 136 |
| XIV—Beyond the Ranges. |
| Ophir, Rico, and the La Plata Mountains. Everything triangular. Mixed Mineralogy, Real bits of Beauty. “When I sell my Mine.” An Unbiased Opinion. Placer vs. Fissure Vein Mining. | 149 |
| XV—The Antiquities of the Rio San Juan. |
| Rugged Trails. Searching for Antiquities. The Discovery. Habitations of a Lost Race. Prehistoric Architecture, “Temple or Refrigerator.” “Ruins, Ancient beyond all Knowing.” Guesses and Traditions. Some Appropriate Verses. | 156 |
| XVI—On the Upper Rio Grande. |
| Good-bye and Welcome. Del Norte and the Gold Summit. Among the River Ranches. Wagon Wheel Springs. Healing Power of the Waters. The Gap and its History. A Day’s Trout Fishing. | 166 |
| XVII—El Moro and CaÑon City. |
| A Great Natural Fortress. Down in a Coal Mine. The Coke Ovens. Huerfano Park and its Coal. CaÑon City Historically. Coal Measures. Resources of the Foothills. | 177 |
| XVIII—In the Wet Mountain Valley. |
| Grape Creek CaÑon. The Dome of the Temple. Wet Mountain Valley. The Legend of Rosita. Hardscrabble District. Silver Cliff and its Strange Mine. The Foothills of the Sierra Mojada. Geological Theories. | 185 |
| XIX—The Royal Gorge. |
| The Grand CaÑon of the Arkansas. Its Culminating Chasm the Royal Gorge. Beetling Cliffs and Narrow Waters. Running the Gauntlet. Wonders
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