An Overland Journey, from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859

Contents: From New York to Kansas -- Notes on Kansas -- More Notes on Kansas -- More of Kansas -- Summing up on Kansas -- On the Plains -- The Home of the Buffalo -- Last of the Buffalo -- The American Desert -- Good Bye to the Desert -- The Kansas Gold Diggings -- The Plains —The Mountains -- The Gold in the Rocky Mountains -- “Lo! the Poor Indian!” -- Western Characters -- From Denver to Laramie -- Laramie to South Pass -- South Pass to Bridger -- From Bridger to Salt Lake -- Two Hours with Brigham Young -- The Mormons and Mormonism -- Salt Lake and its Environs -- The Army in Utah -- From Salt Lake to Carson Valley -- Carson Valley—The Sierra Nevada -- California—Mines and Mining -- California—The Yosemite -- California—The Big Trees [Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias] -- California—Physically Considered -- California—Her Resources -- California—Summing Up -- California—Final Gleanings -- Railroad to the Pacific.