Chapter headings: 1. The Origin of the Idea 2. Early Explorations nd Surveys 3. The Building of the Road 4. The Tombs of the Trail Makers 5. The Meeting of the Rails 6. A Brush with the Sioux 7. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 8. The Seer of the Santa Fe 9. Life in a Grading Camp 10. Peopling the Great American Desert 11. The Road Reaches the Rockies 12. The Invasion of New Mexico 13. The Grand Canon War 14. Incidents of the Early Days 15. The Denver and Rio Grande 16. The Northern Pacific 17. The Canadian Pacific 18. Road Making in Mexico 19. The Opening of Oklahoma 20. The Railroad Engineer 21. At the Front 22. The Railroad and the People 23. The Beginnings of the Express Business 24. The West To-day