| Preface........................................................................................................ | Preface |
| Western Murray County History................................................................... | 5 |
| Early Days in Western Murray County......................................................... | 15 |
| Drainage Basins of Western Murray County................................................ | 18 |
| Murray County.............................................................................................. | 19 |
| Buffalo Ridge Was First Telegraph Station.................................................. | 20 |
| Leeds Township............................................................................................ | 21 |
| "The Prairie Mother".................................................................................... | 28 |
| What the Pioneers Lived on.......................................................................... | 30 |
| Christmas in the Early Seventies.................................................................. | 21 |
| Social Entertainment..................................................................................... | 33 |
| The First Preacher in Western Murray County............................................. | 35 |
| The First Schoolteacher in Leeds.................................................................. | 35 |
| Lighting......................................................................................................... | 35 |
| The Prairie Fire............................................................................................. | 36 |
| Early Farm Implements................................................................................. | 36 |
| The Grasshopper Days.................................................................................. | 37 |
| Early Fuel...................................................................................................... | 39 |
| The Red Men Were Still Here in the 70's..................................................... | 39 |
| What the Settlers Wore................................................................................. | 41 |
| The Early Harvests........................................................................................ | 42 |
| The Sod Shanty on the Claim....................................................................... | 43 |
| Settlers Paid a High Price for Money........................................................... | 45 |
| Game was Abundant..................................................................................... | 46 |
| The Winter of 1880-1881............................................................................. | 46 |
| Leeds Holds First Township Election........................................................... | 49 |
| Leeds Township in 1946............................................................................... | 50 |
| History of the Hadley Study Club................................................................. | 51 |
| The Hadley Lutheran Church........................................................................ | 53 |