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MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST.A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the Vast Wonderland West of the Missouri River. Six Books In One Volume, Comprising Marvels of Nature, Marvels of Race, Marvels of Enterprise, Marvels of Mining, Marvels of Stock Raising, and Marvels of Agriculture, Graphically and Truthfully Described by William M Thayer.ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FINE ENGRAVINGS AND MAPS.MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST. A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the Vast Wonderland West of the Missouri River. Six Books In One Volume, Comprising Marvels of Nature, Marvels of Race, Marvels of Enterprise, Marvels of Mining, Marvels of Stock Raising, and Marvels of Agriculture, Graphically and Truthfully Described by William M Thayer. Illustrated with Over Three Hundred and Fifty Fine Engravings and Maps. Published in 1888 by the Henry Bill Publishing Company. 10" x 7" full calf binding with marbled edges. Illustrated with engravings. 715 pages.Condition: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION - Yeehaw! Look at this beauty! A classic western title bound in handsome saddle-colored calfskin leather. Exterior as shown in photos, with some slight cracks in leather at top and bottom of exterior joints. Firmly bound. Text is clean and complete. No torn, loose or missing pages. A great example of this 127-year-old western expansion title. Description:This is a richly illustrated and descriptive 1888 guidebook to the "New West" -- what we now think of as the "Old West." Published especially for those planning to go west (even if only on the wings of imagination) in the late 19th century, this book sets out to describe the Western territories to virgin eyes through numerous illustrations and exciting descriptions of the wonders waiting in the many miles between the great Missouri River and the clear blue Pacific.In words and pictures it provides richly detailed coverage of the West's natural wonders, ancient peoples, railroads and the growth of industry, mining, farming, cattle-ranching and more.The author states in the Preface:The New West - where is it? What is it? That portion of our great country lying between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean, embracing the States and Territories of Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and California. Of itself a mighty empire! This New West contains more than half the territory of our entire country ...Reliable information concerning the New West is of so recent date that the mass of the people in the East are not posted as to the actual facts ... Were some well-posted citizen of the New Wests to present the actual facts about that domain to the inhabitants of the Eastern states, a multitude of hearers would denounce him as a liar, or pity him for possessing more imagination than judgment ...Now, this book is designed to enlighten those who have never visited the New West. To make it "next to seeing," a large number of pictorial illustrations are introduced, without which it is quite impossible for this class to appreciate its marvels. No person can understand a canon by merely looking at a stereopticon view, unless he has seen a canon with his own eyes. But transfer that view to a book, by the engraver's art, accompanied by a careful description, and the reader can readily take it in ... For this reason, we claim a special mission for the many illustrations in this volume. They are furnished at heavy expense; but are indispensable to the author's purpose. It would be quite impossible to learn what the New West is without them.Nothing but marvels occupy these pages. The most remarkable things of the New West, and not the commonplace - these are what we lay before the reader, for these express the possibilities of the New West as the commonplace cannot. Such as they are, we commend them to the study of young and old, and commit our humble venture to the considerate judgment of the public.In order to give you the most accurate description of this fascinating goldmine of a book, I have provided some helpful details below. For the benefit of bidders who are historians, etc -and who routinely use antique books like this for specific research - I have furnished detailed summaries of both the contents and the numerous illustrations in the book. Further down this page, you can see some of these historic images for yourself.All of this is to help you make an informed decision when bidding. I hope you'll take a few moments to have a look.Contents Are:Introduction:The New West, where and what is it? * Marvellous Boundaries * Great things attempted * Capacity for population * Average moral character * No "Far West" now * Eastern errors about Western life * Designs of this book * Next to seeing * "Wonderland" * Testimony of others * Marvels onlyPart One - Marvels of Nature:Rocky Mountain scenery * Testimony of Bayard Taylor and William Baillie-GrohmanCanons: The Arkansas Canon: Description and Royal Gorge * Visits by tourists The Black Canon: Its character * Curricauti's Needle * Gateway to Price River Canon Platte Canon: Grandeur * Crookedness * Wonderful Rocks * A tourist's description Boulder Canon: How to enter it * Dome Rock Clear Creek Canon: Entrance and course * Henry James's description * Sculpture by wind and water * The Double Head * Wagon road * Old Man of the Mountains * View from Gray's Peak and James' Description * The Holy Cross Mountain Williams' Canon: Its location * Rainbow Falls * Devil's Gate * Remarkable cave * More remarkable rock formations * Dr Taylor's description * Ute Pass * Manitou * Railway up Pike's Peak Cheyenne Canon: Where * The Seven Falls * Words of a visitor Echo Canon: Grand scenery * Nature's Pulpit * Description by another * Hanging Rock * Devil's Slide * Pulpit Rock American Fork Canon: Picturesque and grand * Hippopotamus Rock Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Grandest of all * Explained by United States government * White and Strobe walls 6200 feet high * Permian Butte * Pink Cliffs * Domes and towers * Vishnu's Temple Marble Canon: Belongs to Grand Canon * Dutton's description Kanab Canon: Belongs to Grand Canon * What Dutton says Land of the Standing Rocks: Very wonderful * Faithful representation Albiquii Peak: In New Mexico * What Captain Macomb says of it Casa Colorado Butte: In New Mexico * Examined and described by Macomb Forest of Gothic Spires: Remarkable spectacle * As seen by Macomb The Needles: Graphic description Cabazon: Its surroundings * 1500 feet high * Painted columns Sandstone Formations: In Arizona * Description of them by Cozzens City of Enchantment: View by morning light * Mr Cozzens' vivid description * Testimony of eyewitnessesYellowstone National Park: History of its exploration * "Wonderland" The Mammoth Hot Springs: What they are * Described by Mr Wisner Great Falls of the Yellowstone: Its location * Falls 3000 feet * Grand scenery * Statement by Gannett Grand Canon of the Yellowstone: Magnificent scene * Described by Dr Wayland Hoyt Obsidian Cliffs: What are they? * Described by Wisner Tower Falls: Surrounding scene * Words of the Superintendent and Lieutenant Doane Kepler's Cascades: Beautiful * Described by Wisner Palace Butte: An imposing natural structureGeysers: Upper Geyster Basin Old Faithful: Described by Lieutenant Doane of the United States Survey, and Dr Hayden Bee Hive: Whence its name * Described by two members of the United States Survey The Giantess: A mighty spouter * Mr Langford's testimony Fan Geyser: Whence its name * What Lt Doane and Dr Hayden say * Table of geysers * Remarks of a tourist about Geyser Basin and Yellowstone ParkYosemite Valley: Location and history Cathedral Rock: Its height * What a traveler says El Capitan: Grand beyond description * Words of an eye witness Bridal Veil Falls: Beautiful * Described by Bentley Yosemite Falls: Compared with Niagara * Bentley's description Nevada Fall: Its plunge * Described by Bentley * Liberty Cap Sentinel Rock: Like obelisk * Formation described by Ludlow The Big Trees: Section of big tree * Table of Calaveras trees * Stage driven through hole in tree * Racy account from the New West * Pioneer cabin * Professor Whitney's catalogue of trees and measurementGarden of the Gods: Where situated * The Gateway: Described * Testimony of a traveler Bear and Seal: Soldier nearby, and Rocky Monster The Grandmother: Words of Dr Mary E Blake * Words of another Balance Rock: Description * Profile on it * Words of Dr B F Taylor Natural Window: Action of water in creating these marvels, by Professor Edwards Cathedral Spires: Remarks * Words of FossettMonument Park: Its location Group of Monuments: Opinion of geologists * A curious incident * A traveller's testimony The Sentinel: Why so named The Duchess: Greatest marvel * No exaggerationMiscellaneous: Shoshone Falls: Where * A traveller's description San Pedro's Wife: Near San Francisco * A lighthouse Donner Lake: Its beauty and name Multnomah Falls: Its plunge * Description Pillars of Hercules: What a writer says Pyramid Park: Remarks by Professor Denton * Words of another * The Cathedral Buttes Near Green River City: Remarkable exhibition Palisades of Wagon Wheel Gap: Where * Story of the place * Magnificent Heights Castellated Rocks: In Wyoming * Extent and grandeur Rhoda's Arch. Grand Coulee * Imposing spectacle Valley of the Laughing Waters: In Utah * Compared with Yosemite Valley Church, Castle and Fortress: In Montana * Rare specimen of nature's handiwork Indian Rock: In Columbia River * Neetmok * Superstition of the Indians The Old Woman of the Mountain: In Montana * The region around it. * Remarks on natural walls * Natural flagstones, etc Fishing on the Mountains: Over 11,000 feet above the sea * Bierstadt's subject * How reached Petrified Forest: In Arizona * Graphic description by Mr Cozzens * Summit of Italian Mountain * Arizona cacti described: what Captain Dutton saysBook Two ~ Marvels of Race:The New West Oldest * The Spaniards Possessed the Land * Discovery of an Ancient RaceCave Dwellers: Description of their houses * Age and origin * Cave dwellers on the McElmo * A cave town restored * The Casa Grande, ancient and grand * Race in the Gila Valley * Found in New Mexico * In Canon de Chaco * In the Rio MancosCliff Dwellers: Their dwellings described * Dwellings in Rio San Juan * Traces of religious rites * Holmes on ruins of southwestern Colorado * Heights almost inaccessible * In Labyrinth Canon * Jackson's discoveries in New Mexico * Picture-writing on walls * Explanation by Holmes * Ancient pottery * Remains of human beings * The Guide's Legendary TalePueblos: Their history * Description of a pueblo, or town * Professor Zahn's observations * The race at Santa Fe * Three civilizations * Mrs Wallace's observation and description * Implements and customs like those of Palestine * Acoma and its inhabitants * Pecos and its peopleZunis: Frank D Cushing among them * Zuni town: location and description * Cushing's entrance into the town * Altars and incantation scene * Industrious and intelligent * Thirteen orders of society * Making a Zuni of Mr Cushing * Hospitable and truthful, dress, antiquity * Their traditions * Palestine customs here * Cushing's description of a festivalMoquis: Like the Zunis, yet different * Description of them at home * Living on nearly inaccessible heights * Cozzens visit and personal observationsMexicans: Like the Pueblos * Some of their habits and customs * How they till the soil * Mexican women * The dance and funeral * Penitenties * Every-day life * Art of making potteryBook Three - Marvels of Enterprise:Great American Desert and its perils * Fremont raising flag on Rocky Mountains * History of Fremont's hardships * Rush to California in 1848 * Gold seeking in Colorado in 1858 * Reign of terror among settlers * Colonel Chivington's battle with red men * A pioneer woman's hardship * The Indian and buffalo disappearing * Stage line across the Plains * Progress in carrying mails * The Pony Express * Growth of business * Railroad across the continent * First and last depot * What Indians thought of the railroads * Ten miles built in one day * United States Government vindicated * Growth of populationRailroads Over Mountains: Through the Royal Gorge * Over Marshall Pass * Trip through Platte Canon * Heavy work and timber line * Through Chalk Creek Canon and Alpine Tunnel * Around the Palisades * The runaway train * Snowbound and snow sheds * Over Veta Pass with its wonders * Crossing Sangre de Christo Range and Whiplash Railway * Through Toltec Tunnel * The Garfield Monument * Dogtown and Beavertown * Through Animas Canon * The Switchback and Loop * Over the Raton Mountains * The Loop at Tehachapi Pass * Rounding Cape Horn * American River Canon and the Calumet Railroad * Railway Hospitals * Missouri River and Marant Gulch Railroad bridge * Mammoth ferry-boatPublic Buildings: Omaha Nebraska: Buildings show enterprise * School house * Courthouse Portland Oregon: View of it and business * High school * Newspapers * Business block * Contrast * State House * Insane Asylum Tacoma, Washington Territory: Thrift * Hotel * Business blocks * House of Worship * Seminary * Schoolhouse Butte City, Montana: Business boom * View of city * Court house churches * Schools * Helena Idaho: Origin of name * View of Boise City * Capitol Square Cheyenne, Wyoming: Early history * Schoolhouse Gunnison City, Colorado: Magic growth * Costly hotel Denver, Colorado: Desert and garden * Growth and business * Union Depot * First and last capitol * Tabor Opera House * Windsor Hotel * Superior Public Schools * Dr Philbrick's testimony * High School building * Libraries * Private schools * ChurchesGrowth of Colonies: Greeley Colorado: Its history * Foundation principles * High School * First place of worship * First and last hotel * Business blocks and business * Anti-saloon measure * Life of Meeker * Capture of Mrs Meeker and daughter Colorado Springs: The Antlers * Location and description of the town * CollegeThe Pacific Slope: San Francisco, California: Gold and business * Progress of the city * State Capitol * City Hall * Palace Hotel * Lick Observatory * Palatial residences * Remarkable health resorts * A hundred years from nowThe Mormon Settlement: Great business enterprise * Description of Salt Lake City * Thrift in agricultureRailroad Kings: Oakes Ames * Oliver Ames * C P Huntington * Charles Crocker * Leland Stanford * Sidney Dillon * David H. MoffatBook Four - Marvels of Mining:Discovery of gold by Marshall in 1848 * Captain Sutter and the end * Richness of the mines * Remarkable increase of population * Immense fortunes realized * Industrial mining exposition * The prospector * Intelligence and tact indispensable * Stumbling upon mines * Placer mining * Gulch mining * Hydraulic mining * Lode mining * Drift mining * Going into a mine * Text theft * Weights, values and measurements * Reduction of ores * Smelting * Leading mines of Colorado * The Mariposa Estate * The Mother Lode * Richest mines in California * Nuggets * Idaho and its wealthy mines * Profits of mining * Product of precious metals in the New West * Will the mines fail? * Additional facts and statistics * Gems * Doherty's description * Morals of mining camps Leadville: Its sudden growth * Location * Hotel * Art palace * Appearance of the city * Business * Schools * Its bullion output * Origin of the gold find * Bonanza mines * Mines inexhaustible Arizona: Silver bearing * Apaches hinder * Great mines Dakota: Its richest mines Montana: Its wonderful bullion product Nevada: Its harvest of silver * The famous Comstock Lode and its fabulous yield New Mexico: Present mining output and future promise Utah: Wealth of its gold and silver mines * Rich iron mines Wyoming: Gold * Copper * Coal Oregon and Washington: Estimate of the Director of the United States Mint Mining Kings: Horace A W Tabor * John L Routt * John P Jones * James G Fair * Jerome B. Chaffee * Nathaniel P Hill * J F MatthewsBook Five - Marvels of Stock Raising:Paradise of Stock Raisers: Immense herds of the New West * Acres of grazing lands * How it was from 1850 to 1870 What Cattle Eat: Description of the grasses The Cattle Ranch: How to get one * Cattle on the range * The stockman on duty Profits of Stock Raising: Estimate by Dakota editor * Hayes * Fosset * One cow's family * Estimate by Clark and Ulm * Whigham * Other estimates and facts * A Scotchman's estimate * Dressed beef The Cowboy: Not understood * His defence by the Oregon editor * An incident The Round-Up: What it is, and where * Citizen joining the Round-up * Description by a Kansas ranchman * Perils of the round-up * Description of horses used * Cattle brands * "Cutting out" * Branding calves * Beef round up * Driving cattle to railroad * "Blabbing calves" * The Chicago Stockyards * Cattle in extreme cold * The enemies of cattle and horses * The herd and prairie fire The Sheep Ranch: Extent of the business * Estimate of profits by Hayes * By Idaho official * By Fossett * In Montana * In Kansas * Other facts * Breeds * Shearing * Sheep on Union Pacific Railroad * Life on sheep ranch * Incidents on a ranch * Latest sheep rack * Sheep thrive in all lands Cattle Kings: John H Iliff * Jared L Brush * Charles Lux * R G Head * Thomas H Lawrence * John W Snyder * John T LytleBook Six - Marvels of Agriculture:Methods of Agriculture: How a farm of 30,000 acres is plowed * Steam plowing * History of wheat harvesting * Seeding wheat * Wonders of harvesting * History of wheat harvesting * Seeding wheat * Wonders of harvesting * Words of another * Threshing by steam * Wheat and blizzards * Real facts about land "unfit for cultivation" Kansas: The Hub * The geographical centre * "Corn is king" * Sound corn * Facts about wheat * The status of oats and other products * Income and value of farms * The floral wealth of Kansas * Broom corn * Tree planting Nebraska: Originates "Arbor Day" * Generous laws * Her example contagious * United States Government aids Montana: Pioneer farmers and their success * What agricultural bureau says * Strahom on Montana and figures that won't lie Dakota: An empire * Exhibit at New Orleans * Words of E V Smalley * A great wheat farm * The Dalrymple farm of 75,000 acres * Amusing and instructive letter * A stubborn fact Idaho: Its great resources * How 300,000 acres are opened to settlers * Testimony of two eyewitnesses California: The cornucopia of the world * Its two seasons * Remarkable growths * Words of Nordhoff * Hop raising * Raisin abcxs making * Wine making * Orange culture * Marvelous parks * Miscellaneous facts Colorado: Its agricultural domain * Marvelous parks * Testimony of farmers in San Luis Park * Reports of immense products Arizona: Its large area of fertile land * Report of several experiments * Other facts Wyoming and Washington: Proofs of fertility * Letter of a resident Irrigation: Its advantage * Remarks of a wrier * Ditch in Kansas * Irrigation by flooding * Great land scheme * Irrigating in San Luis Park * Extent of irrigation in Colorado * Cost of irrigation * Irrigating an orchard in California * Underground irrigationConclusion: What we have seen * God in this history * Why Pilgrims landed on a Rock and not on a gold mine * Greatest Christian nation meant * Result if gold instead of granite * View of Andrew Carnegie * The New West paying our debt * American credit higher than English * The New West will decide our destiny * Anglo-Saxon race to rule * Our language and purpose * Intemperance * Mormonism and other -isms * Power of liberty, education and ChristianityIllustrations Include: Railroad Kings: Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames, C P Huntington, Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford, Sidney Dillon, David H Moffat * Mining Kings: Horace A W Tabor, John L Routt, John F Jones, James G Fair, Jerome B Chaffee, Nathaniel P Hill, J.F. Matthews * Cattle Kings: John H Iliff, Jared L Brush, Charles Lux, R G Head, Thomas H Lawrence, John W Snyder, John T Lytle * Grand Canon of the Arkansas * The Royal Gorge * The Black Canon * Curricauti's Needle * Castle Gate * Rift in the Rocks * Dome Rock * The Double Head * The Old Man of the Mountains * Gray's Peak * Mount of the Holy Cross * Williams' Canon * Rainbow Falls * Devil's Gate * Cave of the Winds * Castle Rock * Pillar of Jupiter * Freight teams climbing Ute Pass * Manitou and Pike's Peak * Pike's Peak Railway * The Seven Fal1s * Pulpit Rock * Hanging Rock * Devil's Slide * Pulpit Rock * Hippopotamus Rock * Climbing the Grand Canyon of the Colorado * Permian Butte * Vermilion Cliffs * Pink Cliffs * Dome and Towers * Vishou's Temple * Marble Canon * Land of the Standing Rocks * Kanab Canon * Alibiquiu Peak * Casa Colorado Butte * Forest of Gothic Spires * The Needles * Cabazon * Painted Columns * Natural Sandstone Formations * A city not made with hands * Mammoth Hot Springs * Great Falls of the Yellowstone * Grand Canon of the Yellowstone * 0bsidian Cliffs * Tower Falls * Kepler's Cascades on the Firehole River * Palace Butte * Old Faithful Geyser * Bee Hive Geyser * The Giantess Geyser * Fan Geyser * Cathedral Rock * Bridal Veil Fall * El Capitan * Yosemite Falls * Liberty Cap * Sentinel Rock * Section of a Big Tree * Stage Line * Pioneer cabin * Gateway to the Garden of the Gods * Bear and Seal * The Grandmother * Window in a Rock * Cathedral Spires * Monument Park * Group of Monuments * The Sentinel * The Duchess * Shoshone Falls * San Pedro's Wife, or the Woman of the Period * Donner Lake * Multnomah Falls * Pillars of Hercules * Pyramid Park * Green River City and Buttes * Wagon Wheel Gap * Rhoda's Arch * Castellated Rocks * Grand Coulee * The Valley of the Laughing Waters * Indian Rock * Church, Castle and Fortress * Old Woman of the Mountains * Forms of walls * Fishing on the Mountains * Neetmok * Petrified Forest * Summit of Italian Mountains * Arizona Cactic * Cave town near San Juan * Ancient cave-dwellings on the McElmo * A cave town restored * The Casas Grandes in 1859 * A tower in McElmo Valley * Ruins in the Canon de Chaco * Restored Tower and Cliff Houses * House in a Rock of Montezuma Canon * Two-storied cliff house * Cliff House on the Mancos * Ground plan of Cliff House on the Mancos * A pueblo restored by Lieutenant Simpson * El Moro or Inscription Rock * Rock inscriptions * Vases found on the banks of the San Juan * Fragments of pottery * Langtrea Rock * A drinking vessel from Zuni * A drinking vessel from Old Zuni * Photograph of a human skull found 130 feet deep in the earth * Pueblo of Laguna * Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico * Adobe oven * The oldest house in the United States * The Adobe Palace * The oldest church in America * Pueblo and cart * Primitive agriculture * Burro loaded with wood * An ancient wheelbarrow * Acoma * Pecos * Zuni * Zuni altars and incantation scene * Zuni vegetable garden * Zuni farm house * The Moquis Pueblos * Life in New Mexico * Mexican cart and plough * Mexican flour mill * Adobe fireplace * Mexican pottery * Raising the flag * Encountering the blizzard * Leaving the weak to die * Over the plains then * Lightning Express * Crossing the plains with a hand cart * Perils of D C Oakes * Capture of a spotted horse * Perils by the Indians * Mrs Tabor's cabin * Crossing the Plains now * Herd of buffalo stopping the train * Stage attacked by Indians * Snow skates * Pony Express station * Pony Express in Mountain Snow * Fargo and Wells Express * Fifty-four thousand pounds * Driving the last spike * First office * Central Pacific Depot * Indians' first view of the cars * Locating the line * Marshall Pass * Head of South Park * Stage line over Mosquito Pass * Near Breckenridge on way to Leadville * Above Timber Line * Chalk Creek Canon * Scene in South Park * Around the Palisades * The Runaway Train * Uncompahgre Peaks * Snow galleries, Sierra Nevada Mountains * Interior of snow sheds * The great snow-plough * Railroad above the clouds * Crossing Sangre de Christo Range * Fort Garland * The Whiplash * Lot's Wife * Phantom Curve * Toltec Tunnel * West end of the Toltec Tunnel * Garfield Monument * Dogtown * Beavertown * Canon of the Rio Las Animas * Animas Canon and Needles * The High Line road between Black Hawk and Central City * The Loop * Crossing the Raton Mountains * The Loop, Tehachapi Pass * Over tunnel and loop * Rounding Cape Horn * American River Canon * Central Pacific Railroad Hospital * Marent Gulch Bridge * Steamer "Solano" * High school building, Omaha * Court House * High school building, Portland * View of Portland Oregon * The Kamm Block * State House * Insane Asylum * The Tacoma Hotel * Butte City * Court House * Boise City * Capitol Square * Central School Building * First Capitol of Kansas * Last Capitol of Kansas * Gunnison in 1879 * La Veta Hotel, Gunnison * Union Depot * First capitol of Colorado * Last Capitol of Colorado * Tabor Opera House * Windsor Hotel * High School, Denver * High School building, Greeley Colorado * First place of worship * First hotel * Last hotel - "the Oasis" * Business block * Meeker and his home * Captivity of Mrs. Meeker and daughter * The Antlers * Colorado College * State Capitol * City Hall * Neetmok Loop * Palace Hotel * Residence of Charles Crocker * Lick Observatory * Hotel del Monte, Monterey * The Raymond * Hotel, Las Vegas Hot Springs * Assembly Hall, Tabernacle and Temple, Salt Lake * Monument in memory of Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames * Sutter's Mill * Off for the mines * Industrial Exposition Building * Prospectors * Gold diggers and deer * Mine locomotive * Finding gold by accident * Placer mining * The rocker * Gulch mining * Gulch mining, Idaho * Flume * Lode mining * Underground Railroad * Veins of gold * Going into a mine * Stoping * Rock boring winch * Ten-stamp Quartz Mill * Smelting works at abcxs Argo * Gold and silver * A ton of pure silver * Tabor Grand * Looking west from Printer Boy Hill * Fryer Hill * Sugar Loaf Mountain * Lake Valley Smelting Works * Buffalo grasses * Kansas grasses * Home on a cattle ranch * A dug out * Herd on the range * Off for the ranch * Prairie post office * Tarantula nest * Cattle seeking water * A cowboy * Cowboy off for the range * Death of a hero * Stopping a stampede * Group of cowboys * The Round-up * Starting a laundry * Picking up a coin * Grub wagon for the round-up * Preparing for the night herd * A bucking horse * Cattle brand * Roping and cutting out * Branding calves * Chasing calves * Chicago stockyards * Hauling a cow from the mire * A prairie fire * Sheep ranch * Captain Jack * Sheep shearing * Bagging wool for transportation * Counting sheep * The runaway lamb * A novel sheep rack * Going to the ranch * Their ranch home * Climbing the butte * Sulkey plough * Corn in the Kaw Valley, Kansas * Millet, six weeks growth * King of harrows * Ploughing on a bonanza farm * Steam gang plough * Harrowing on a bonanza farm * Seeding on a bonanza farm * Harvesting on a bonanza farm * Steam header * The steam thresher * McCormick's new reaper * Broadcast sower * Two-rowed corn planter * Empire grain drill * Sunflowers * Broom corn * Pioneer farmer's home in Montana * Pleasant View Farm * Albino Park Farm * Cart spreader * Hay tedder * Automatic stacker and gatherer * Pioneer home in Dakota * A Dakota wheat farm * California farm home * Hop farm * California vineyard * Bee culture * California orange grove * Logging near Olympia * Fish wheel on the Columbia * Irrigating * Headgate * Irrigating an orchardMaps & Diagrams Include: The New West as it was * The New West as it is * Alignment of the D & R G Railroad over Marshall Pass, Colorado * Geographical centre of the United States * Irrigating in Idaho * Method of irrigatingRemember folks, this is an original 1888 edition bound in full leather. 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