Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Terminology -- Introduction: A Tenderfoot Goes West -- The Great American Desert -- Solomon Butcher, Sodbuster -- "Eureka!" -- Attack of the Grasshoppers -- Desperadoes -- Years of Trial, Years of Change -- Pioneer History of Custer County -- Sweet Nebraska Land -- Where to Find Solomon Butcher's Photographs -- Notes -- Bibliography
