Cities on the way west: the beginning of urbanization in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys.
Spanish settlements in the Southwest: evolution of policy, elements of colonization, and the first towns in New Mexico.
Spanish towns of the Texas frontier.
Expansion of the Spanish borderlands: Urban settlement of Arizona and California in the Hispanic era.
Towns in transition: the southwest during the periods of Mexican control, Texas independence, and the early years of American settlement.
Northern California: urban planning and development in the post-Hispanic years.
Mining camps and towns of California and Nevada.
Urban growth and expansion in southern California during the post-Hispanic era.
Cities of Zion: origins of the Mormon West.
Cities of the saints: Mormon town planning in the Great Basin Kingdom.
Urban planning and development in the pacific northwest.
Urban planning on the central plains: the settlement of Nebraska.
The central plains: towns of Kansas.
Rush to the Rockies: Denver and the mining towns of Colorado.
The expanding mining frontier: camps and towns of Idaho, Montana, and South Dakota.
Railroads to the Rockies and the urban settlement of the central and northern great plains.
Railroad towns of the mountain states and the southern plains.
Tracks and towns: railroads and urban growth in Texas and the southwest.
Rushing for land: Oklahoma's overnight cities.
The urban west at the end of the frontier era.
