Table of contents

The history of the trails -- The manitoba trails -- The north dakota trails -- The minnesota valley trail -- The woods trail -- The middle trail -- The metropolitan trail.

Table of contacts Red Wing : a river town -- Hawley : a farm-centered town -- Hibbing : a town built on iron -- St. Paul's West Side : a stopping place for newcomers -- How long is a thousand years? -- Strangers from another world -- The fur trade : where two worlds meet -- New boundaries on the prairies and in the woods -- The new Minnesotans -- War in the South -- War at home -- Breaking the sod -- Towns, timber, and iron rails -- Life in the new state -- Machines, mills, and mines -- The new cities --...