Joseph A. Keck papers, 1850-1909.

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Joseph A. Keck papers, 1850-1909.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449187145

This collection consists of Keck's manuscript writings as well as transcripts of most of the writings. The manuscripts include Keck's journal of the trip to California (1850-1851); a letter written from California to a brother at home in Iowa (July 1851); notes from an 1852 journal of a trip home from California to Iowa (1908); a brief description of "when coal oil was first used"; a description of early days in Van Buren County (written sometime after 1880); an essay on the "rise and fall of the Know Nothing Society" (1909); an essay about two Van Buren County organizations during the Civil War call the "Sons of Liberty, v.s. Knights of the Golden Circle" (1909); and a story of an 1844 tornado in Van Buren County (1909).

1 folder of loose and bound manuscript p.

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7547730

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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American Party

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Keck's father moved his family from Pennsylvania to Iowa in 1846, settling near Utica in Van Buren County. In the spring of 1850 Keck and one of his brothers traveled to California to participate in the gold rush. He returned to Iowa in 1852 and married Ingaba Ebert. After returning to Iowa he took up farming in Cedar Township, Van Buren County. From the description of Joseph A. Keck papers, 1850-1909. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 449187145 ...

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