David L. Keiser [RG1118.AM]

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

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