Preface and Acknowledgments
Riding Out: Introduction
-Like No Other Place on Earth
My Flint Hills
-Into the Hills
-The Flying H Ranch
-Kenneth and Marshall
-Grandma Breidenstein and Grandma Hoy
Cattle
-Changes in Flint Hills Ranching
-Wild Cattle and Outlaw Steers
-Liggett Cattle Drive
-Checking Brands
-Weaning Calves
-Why Shipping?
Horses
-Catching Horses
-Horseshoeing
-Horse Traders
-Horse Thieves and Vigilantes
-Winter Horses
Some Ranches
-Rogler Ranch
-Clover Cliff Ranch
-Sauble Ranch
-Spring Hill Ranch and the Tallgrass National Preserve
One the Road
-Transportation and Status
-Farm Trucks and Stock Trailers
-Cattle Country Road Etiquette
Life Around Cassoday
-Bruce Behymer
-May Memories
-Central
-Opals Cafe
-Conway Springs
-Basketball at Cassoday High
-Hometown Stories
Nature
-Coon Hunting
-Bumblebees
-Badgers
-Flies and Screwworms
-Coyotes
-A Bit about Birds
-The Green Glacier
-Konza Prairie Biological Station
-Water and Water Witches
-Some Thoughts on Drouth
-Let There Be Night
Legends and Tales
-Preston Plumb
-French Frank
-Yeager's Raid
-Maud Wagner
-Three Flint Hills Cowgirls
-Rufe King
Scatterings
-The flint Hills and Hollywood
-High Culture in the Flint Hills
-Dirt
-Folk Signs
-Flint Hills Rock Signs
-Jake Leg
-Cattle Guards
Riding Back: Conclusion
Summer a Horseback
Glossary
Index