PROGRESS.-(Illustrated Title Page.)

CASTLE GARDEN-NEW YORK HARBOR-THE BOW OF PROMISE.

THE SURVEYOR'S CAMP.

YO-SEMITE VALLEY.

CRYSTAL LAKE-CALIFORNIA.

BASIN ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER.

THE TRAPPERS.

DENVER CITY.

OMAHA STATION.

A PRAIRIE HOME.

FISHING IN SOUTHERN WATERS.

OIL WELLS.

A PINE FOREST.

THE COTTON FIELD.

HEAD WATERS OF THE ARKANSAS.

PACIFIC R. R. IN THE SIERRA NEVADAS.

MAPS.

MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.

COUNTY MAP OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

The Public Domain of the United States.-Topography.-

Civil and Religious Rights.- Illustrious Immigrants.-

National Prosperity.-Spirit of the Homestead and Pre-

emption Laws.-What we Want and what we offer.-

Opportunities for Capitalists, Business Men and Farmers.-

Progress of the New States and Territories, &c..........

CHAPTER II.

Hints to Emigrants.-The Instinct of Emigration.-Who

should Emigrate and Why.-Beginning Life Anew.-It

calls a Man out and gives him new Ideas.-How much

Money required?-What one can do with Seven Hundred

Dollars. How to Choose a Location.-To the Foreign

Emigrant.-Castle Garden.-Its System.-The "Labor

Exchange," &c.....

PAGE

9

16

CALIFORNIA.

Discovery of Gold.-Marvelous Progress.-Influence of the
Pacific Railroad.-Arable Land.-Products.-The Vine.-
The Big Trees.-Mineral Resources.-Southern, Coast,

Northern, Mountain, and Valley Counties.-Climate.—

Travel.-Farm Labor.-Railroads.-Steamship Lines.-

Immigration.-Price of Lands.-Soil.-Crops.-Fruits.-

Wages. Manufactures.-Newspapers.- People.- Corre-

spondence....

PAGE

22

OREGON.

A Fertile Soil, and a Healthful Climate.-Progress.-West-

ern Oregon.-Eastern.-Columbia River.-Premium Essay

on Oregon.-Soil.-Best points for the Emigrant.-The

Willamette Valley. - Harbors. — Fisheries. —Schools.—

Churches.-Commerce.-Crops.-Minerals-Counties De-

scribed.-Price of Land.-Correspondence....

-

WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

Situation.-Area.-The Cascade Mountains.-Climate like
that of England.-Puget Sound, "The Mediterranean of
the North Pacific."-Immense Forests.-Fisheries.-Price
and Character of Land.-Productions.-Schools.-Indians.
-A Thirty-Pound Salmon for a Dime.-Game.-Lumber-
ing.-Wages.-Board.............

ALASKA.

Purchase from Russia.-Area.-Physical Features.-Cli-

mate.-Productions.-Minerals.-Furs.-Fisheries, &c...

NEVADA.

The "Silver State."-Surface Characteristics.-Lakes.-Salt

Beds.-Timber.-Mineral Wealth.-The Comstock Lode.

-Climate.-Social, Industrial, and Educational Progress.

-Wages.-Board.-Description by Counties.-Soil.—

Crops, &c......

96

IDAHO.

The "Gem of the Mountains."-Rivers.-Valley of the

Snake. Boise Basin.-Towns.-Mines.-The "Poorman

Mine." - Climate.

-

Soil. Timber.- Population.- Im-

provements.-Sage Brush ....

ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ.

Lewis and Clark's Explorations in this Region in 1803.-

Climate.-Arable Lands.-Mountain Streams.-Grazing

Lands.-Timber.-Coal.-Iron, &c.-Gold and Silver

PAGE

108

Mining.-Education.-Miscellaneous.-Correspondence... 116

ARIZONA.

Early Settlement.-Surface Features.-Timber.-Climate.-

Rivers.-Mineral Resources.-Indians.-Interesting Cor-

respondence....

134

NEW MEXICO.

Boundaries. Soil Productive when Irrigated.-The Fiend-

ish Apache. Climate.-Minerals.-Land Values.-Crops,

&c ....

141

UTAH.

First Settlement.-The Mormons.-Salt Lake City.-Polyg-

amy. Mormon Emigrants.-General Features.- Moun-

tains.-Rivers.-Salt Lake.-Irrigation.-Mines.-Coal.-

Iron, &c., &c.—Correspondence, including a letter from

G. A. Smith, the Mormon Apostle..

COLORADO.

Gold Discoveries.-Settlement.-Patriotism of Coloradans.-
General Description of Coloradc.-Climate.-Fertile Soil.-
Crops.-Fruit.-Coal.-Iron.-Mountain Regions.-Mines.

148