HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG1118.AM: David L. Keiser
Correspondence: 1902
Booneville, Missouri
Size: One item
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection consists of one letter dated December 29, 1902 from David L. Keiser of Booneville, Missouri to A.E. Sheldon, director of the Nebraska State Historical Society. Keiser writes of his (and his family’s) association with navigating on the Missouri River from 1839-1870. He writes about the names of boats and their years of service, captains’ names, etc. He also gives impressions of early Nebraska towns and how they grew due to the river trade.
Note: This letter was published in its entirety in the article, “Steamboat Captain David L. Keiser’s Recollections of Life on the Missouri,” edited by Carl Hugh Jones, Nebraska History, vol. 74, no. 2, Summer 1993, pp. 82-86.
INVENTORY
Letter, 1902
Subject heading:
Keiser Family
Keiser, David L.
Keiser, Ino W.
Missouri River — Navigation
Nebraska — Description and travel
Riverboats
Shipping
Steamboats
Revised TMM 04-22-2008
