Editor's introduction to the second edition / Harry E. Chrisman
An ode to Custer County / Mrs. C.H. Carlos
Organization of Custer County / J.J. Douglas
Cattle industry in ranch days / H.M. Sullivan
Old settler's story [E. S. Finch]
The Mitchell and Ketchum tragedy
Blazing a pathway and personal pioneer experiences / J.D. Strong
Jess Gandy's reminiscences of early days in Custer, County, Neb.
Hunting buffalo on the Great Plains [William F. "Doc" Carver] / A.S. Burcher
Judge William Gaslin / F.M. Hallowell
Settlement of New Helena / C.R. Mathews
Search for the silver medal: the colonel's story / S.D. Butcher
An old settler's story [T. J. Butcher]
Farewell to my homestead shanty
The killing of two cowboys
A cowboy's story / James Farley
Brighton Ranch / Victor H. Coffman
[Ill-starred land deal] / Puck
Freezing of trapper in Powell Cañon / J.D. Haskell
Tearing down of settlers' houses by cowboys
Tailing up a Texas cow / Al Wise
History of Broken Bow / D.M. Amsberry
Broken Bow [poem] / Mrs. M.A.B. Martin
Shooting of John Sanderson
We now cross the Custer county line
Westerville / Miss Floy Leech
Hunting wild horses / Dan Haskell
Lynching of Kid Wade in 1884
Douglass Grove Township / W.D. Hall
Incidents of Douglass Drove / William H. Comstock
Lee's Park / J.L.H. Knight, 1887
West Union precinct / H.J. Shinn
The Haunstine tragedy / James Whitehead
Mike O'Rafferty as a cowboy
Callaway / George B. Mare
Early experiences in Sargent precinct / F.M. Morris
Pioneer settlement of Sargent / B.W. Sullivan
Killing of Arnold and capture of Bohannan
Terrible fall in a deep well
Redfern Table / James Whitehead
Early settlers west of Broken Bow [E. Jeffords]
Callaway Protestant Episcopal Church / H.H. Andrews
Mason City / M.C. Warrington
Settlement of Cliff Table
Settlement of Dale Valley / J.J. Downey
St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Dale / T.P. Haley
How Custer Center Church was built / M.F. Blakenship
Christian Church, Broken Bow / T.B. McDonald
Church of God / R. Bellis
Sunday schools in Custer County / James M. Fodge
Lone Star Sunday School / Mrs. J.L. Walker
Some early Sunday schools / Mrs. J.H. Kerr
United Brethren in Christ / L.L. Epley
Newspapers of Custer County / D.M. Amsberry
Lillian Township / E.N. Bishop
Lillian precinct / D.H. Gwinn
Settlement of Georgetown / W.A. George
Winter of 1880 on the South Loup / H. Lomax
Methodist Church, Callaway
Custer County Agricultural Society
Irrigation in Custer County / E.P. Savage
The dairying industry / W.S. Wescott
Swine raising / F.M. Currie
Raising horses for profit / J.M. Scott
Douglass Grove Irrigation Ditch / E.C. Gibbons
A trip through the Sand Hills
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