THE PIONEER WEST
Reading edition
Dr. Steele, president of the gulch, acted as judge. FRONTISPIECE. See page 234.


THE PIONEER WEST
NARRATIVES OF THE WESTWARD MARCH OF EMPIRE
SELECTED AND EDITED BY JOSEPH LEWIS FRENCH
WITH A FOREWORD BY HAMLIN GARLAND
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY REMINGTON SCHUYLER

BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1924
Copyright, 1923, By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved Published October, 1923 Printed in the United States of America
Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day: Time’s noblest offspring is the last. Bishop Berkeley.