AUTHOR’S NOTE: The motives people have for violent actions can be difficult to discern. We can examine the evidence we uncover, tell the story as clearly as possible, and allow our audience to decide. Such is the case during the turbulent time described here.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The first of the three Keeler siblings to travel from Oregon to the Kenai Peninsula for a chance at a better life was Floyd Nelson Keeler, accompanied by three of his grown children, Myrtle, Jack and Bob, in 1947. As has been documented in previous parts of this story, he was followed north by brother Lawrence Keeler in 1948 and sister Verona (Keeler) Wilson in 1951.