CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Significance of the Frontier in American

History...........1

II The First Official Frontier of the Massa-

chusetts Bay.........39

III The Old West.........67

IV The Middle West......... 126

V  The Ohio Valley in American History    .   . 157

VI  The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in

American History........177

VII  The Problem of the West......205

VIII  Dominant Forces in Western Life .... 222

IX  Contributions of the West to American Democracy ...........243

X  Pioneer Ideals and the State University .   . 269

XI  The West and American Ideals..... 290

XII   Social Forces in American History    .   .   . 311

XIII  Middle Western Pioneer Democracy  .   .   . 335

Index............ 361