This book describes the life and world of cowboys in the Old West, including the roundup, branding, bronco busting, and driving cattle hundreds of miles along cattle trails.

Describes the development of the railroad in North America and its influence on the settling of the West during the nineteenth century.

Discusses the reasons people migrated West, the routes they took, some of the difficulties faced by pioneers, the different ethnic and cultural backgrounds of the settlers, and the building of homes and towns.

Examines the westward expansion of North America during the nineteenth century and the boomtowns that developed as thousands of settlers and immigrants migrated to these new frontiers.