CONTENTS 



PART FIRST 



CHAPTER COLONIAL EXPANSION AT HOME PA GE 



I. GREATNESS BY CONTINENTAL CONQUEST 3 



II. THE HOME - BUILDING INSTINCT OP THE AMERICAN 



PEOPLE 12 



III. THE BETTER HALF OP THE UNITED STATES .... 19 



IV. THE BLESSING OP ARIDITY 30 



V. THE MIRACLE OP IRRIGATION 41 



PART SECOND 



HEAL UTOPIAS OF THE AllID WEST 



I. THE MORMON COMMONWEALTH 51 



II. THE GREELEY COLONY OP COLORADO 77 



III. THE EVOLUTION OP SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA .... 92 



IV. THE REVOLUTION ON THE PLAINS . 106 



PART THIRD 



UNDEVELOPED AMERICA 



I. THE TRUTH ABOUT CALIFORNIA. . 121 



II. THE NEW DAY IN COLORADO 150 



III. THE PLEASANT LAND OP UTAH 164 



IV. THE CRUDE STRENGTH OP IDAHO 174 



V^ ARID WASHINGTON AND OREGON 185 



VI. THE POTENTIAL GREATNESS OP NEVADA 194 



