Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West.

Describes in text and illustrations the development of large ranches in the western plains, the impact of these establishments on the economy of the area, their organization, and some famous ranches and their owners.

Pictorial survey of the U.S. Army soldier's daily life in the early West, his Indian wars, Custer's last stand, etc.

Portrays the people and times, the drama and danger of the developing frontier in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century United States.