Pioneer Financial Institutions - Past And Present Banks - Story of the Foundation Upon Which the Financial Stability of the County Is Established - History, Officers and Official Statements - Biography

His Ethics and Ideals - The Pioneer Physician - His Devotion and Courage - Men Who Have Practiced in Renville County - Present Physicians - Camp Release District Medical Society - Prepared With the Assistance of Dr. F. L. Puffer, M. D.

Indian Instruction - The Minnesota System - Pioneer Education in Renville County - First Districts - Growth of System in County - The Present Schools - Some Model School Districts - Prepared With the Assistance of Amalia M. Bengtson

Pioneer Breeders and Their Experiences - The Four Great Outbreaks of Cholera in Renville County - Swine Breeders' Association Organized at Bird Island to Fill a Vital Need - Scarcity of Serum - Government Cooperation Secured - Swine Census - Government Veterinarians Arrive and Begin Work - Their Success - Results and Advice - Prepared by Ralph Loomis with the Cooperation of H. W. Leindecker and the Renville County Swine Breeders' Association

Advantages - Climate - Drainage - Rotation of Crops - Live Stock - Educational Work - County Agent - Farm Bureau - Shipping Associations - Crops - Government Report - Assessment Statistics - Early Drawbacks - By William E. Morris

Story of the Growth of the Industry in Renville County - Present Importance of Dairying - Present and Former Creamery Companies

Trophies Won - Grading and Ditching - Mileage - Expenses - Levies - Increase in Importance - State Roads - Interstate Routes - Advantages - By William A. Schummers

Inception, Growth and Modern Progress of the Business Centers of Renville County - Renville the Only City - Bird Island, Buffalo Lake, Danube - Fairfax - Franklin - Hector - Morton - Olivia - Sacred Heart

Stories Related by Eye-Witnesses - William Wichman's Narrative - Mrs. Mary E. Schmidt's Story - Experiences of Charles Lammers - German Settlement Wiped Out - Escape of Mrs. Patrick Hayden - Tale of Kern Horan - At Birch Cooley - On the Sacred Heart - Brown's Family Captured

Pioneers and Late Comers Whose Industry Has Helped to Build up the County - Early Experiences in an Unsettled Country - Leaders in Urban and Rural Life - Family Histories of Well-Known Men - Amusing Stories of the Frontier Days

Early Judicial Affiliation - Territorial Judges - District Judges - Early Courts - Murder Cases - Appeals from the District Court - The Bar - Present and Former Attorneys - Admissions to the Bar - Biography - Written by James McBride George, LL.B

First Services Held in County - The Church the First Consideration of the Pioneers - Leading Denominations - Story of the Organization, Growth, Pastors and Work of Leading Churches - Told by Clergymen and Laymen

Story of the Settlement and Growth of Renville County Townships - Location - Boundaries - First Settlers - Early Tax Lists - Thrilling Incidents - Reminiscences - Stories Told by Early Pioneers

Formation of the Renville County Pioneer Association - Successive Meetings - Officers - Compiled From the Association's Records - Edited by Darwin S. Hall

Birch Cooley Monument - Birch Cooley Tablets - Redwood Ferry Monument - Faithful Indians' Monument - Captain Marsh Monument - Friendly Chippewas Monument - Fort Ridgely Monuments - Muller Monument - Henderson Monument - Earl Monument - Schwandt Monument - Renville County Martyrs

Experiences of Darwin S. Hall - First Lawsuit in Renville County - Story of Rogues' Island Told by David Benson - Story of Werner Baesch Told by Nels O. Berge - Fort Ridgely Drum Corps, by Charles H. Hopkins - Early Politics, by J. M. Bowler - Naming of Olivia

Nels O. Berge, a Pioneer, Tells the Story of the Progress of the County, with Particular Reference to the Pioneers of the Southeastern Townships - Looking Over the Land - Decision to Settle in Camp - The Colony Arrives - Names of the Pioneers - Early Discomforts - Storms - Stores and Mills - Thrilling Incidents - Wonderful Changes - Retrospection

Importance of the Press - First Paper in County - Present Papers - Discontinued Papers - Story of the Week-by-Week Chronicles of the County - Edited by James R. Landy