| The Promised Land | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | |
| A Desert Dawn in New Mexico | 4 |
| Santa Fé: the Most Picturesque City between the Oceans | 18 |
| Remains of an Ancient Civilisation | 24 |
| The Land of the Turquoise Sky | 38 |
| Acoma: Supposed Ancient Site and Present Site | 40 |
| Acoma as It is To-Day | 44 |
| Acoma Hunter Home from the Hunt | 48 |
| Acoma Artisans | 50 |
| “Dance Mad!” | 52 |
| Young Acomans | 54 |
| The Education of a Young Hopi | 56 |
| The Pyramid-Pueblo of Taos | 58 |
| The Passing of the Puncher | 64 |
| Where the Roads Run Out and the Trails Begin | 72 |
| The Trail of a Thousand Thrills | 88 |
| Throwing the Diamond Hitch | 90 |
| Scenes in the Motor Journey Through Arizona | 98 |
| Not in Catalonia but in California | 120 |
| A Modern Version of the Sermon on the Mount | 130 |
| Santa Barbara, a City of Contrasts | 168 |
| The Mission of Santa Barbara | 170 |
| Lake Tahoe from the Slopes of the High Sierras | 232 |
| The Yosemite—and a Lady Who Didn’t Know Fear | 250 |
| Yosemite Youngsters, White and Red | 252 |
| The Greatest Oil Fields in the World | 260 |
| Over the Tehachapis | 262 |
| The Overland Mail | 274 |
| In the Oregon Hinterland | 284 |
| “Where Rolls the Oregon” | 300 |
| Where Rods Bend Double and Reels Go Whir-r-r-r | 324 |
| What the Road-Builders Have Done in Washington | 332 |
| The Unexplored Olympics | 344 |
| Where the Salmon Come from | 348 |
| Outposts of Civilisation | 354 |
| Breaking the Wilderness | 356 |
| Pack-Horses and a Pack-Dog | 358 |
| In the Great, Still Land | 362 |
| Sport on Vancouver Island | 376 |
| Life at the Back of Beyond | 380 |
| Transport on America’s Last Frontier | 382 |
| Transport on America’s Last Frontier | 384 |
| Scenes on the Cariboo Trail | 400 |
| Some Ladies from the Upper Skeena | 422 |
| Where No Motor-Car Had Ever Gone: Some Incidents of Mr. Powell’s Journey Through the British Columbian Wilderness | 428 |
| Some Siwash Cemeteries | 448 |
| Heraldry in the Hinterland | 450 |
| A Land of Sublimity and Magnificence and Grandeur, of Gloom and Loneliness and Dread | 452 |
| Map of the Far West, from New Mexico to British Columbia, Showing the Route Followed by the Author | at end of volume |
About This Book
A travel narrative tracing a motor journey across the western frontier from New Mexico toward British Columbia, blending vivid landscape description, encounters with frontier communities and Native pueblos, and practical observations on routes, road conditions, agriculture, mining, and local industries. The author intersperses personal adventure anecdotes with guidebook-style information about climates, land values, and resources, and portrays the continuing presence of pioneer livelihoods—pack trains, ranching, prospecting—alongside emerging coastal development and orchards. Chapters alternate regional sketches, cultural notes, and travel advice, offering both evocative scenes and factual material for prospective settlers and adventurous motorists.