Keen, Richard Augustus, 1829-1905.
Biographical notes:
A native of Kentucky, Richard Augustus Keen worked as a blacksmith in Logan, Dearborn County, Ind. In March of 1852 he went to California to search for gold and later turned to lumbering. He returned to Indiana in 1853, resumed blacksmithing, and in 1858-59 was director of the Logan School District. By 1860 he had moved to Fulton County, Ind., and later to Iowa City, Iowa.
From the description of Papers, 1852-1863. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29515721
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Subjects:
- Education
- Blacksmith
- Gold mines and mining
- Lumbering
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Travelers
- Voyages and travels
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Places:
- Logan (Ind.) (as recorded)
- California (as recorded)
- Dearborn County (Ind.) (as recorded)
- Fulton County (Ind.) (as recorded)
- Indiana--Logan (as recorded)
- Indiana--Dearborn County (as recorded)
