The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . C. Fremont, the Path-finder, in this same region carriedhim into the of national politicsas the first candidate of the Eepubli-can party for President. The close of the Mexican war andthe acquisition of California set inmotion a westward expansion, luredonward by the discovery of gold. The wand of Empire as if by magictransformed the wild watersheds ofthe Platte and the Niobrara into seatsof pioneer settlements and civiliza-tion. On the 30th day of May, 1854, outof these conditions the territory ofNebraska, by act of Congress, reached
The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . C. Fremont, the Path-finder, in this same region carriedhim into the of national politicsas the first candidate of the Eepubli-can party for President. The close of the Mexican war andthe acquisition of California set inmotion a westward expansion, luredonward by the discovery of gold. The wand of Empire as if by magictransformed the wild watersheds ofthe Platte and the Niobrara into seatsof pioneer settlements and civiliza-tion. On the 30th day of May, 1854, outof these conditions the territory ofNebraska, by act of Congress, reachedthe first step toward statehood. In. the westward rush which took itsstart from the cry of Gold! Gold!!resounding across the continent fromthe Sierras of California the sons ofPennsylvania were not the least innumbers. In the exploitation and developmentof the constantly advancing frontiersof American institutions, civilizationand industry Pacificward the name ofKeim was prominent. The Chester county branch of the THE KEIM AND ALLIED FAMILIES. 579. Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto, May, W. H. Powell, in the Rotunda of the U. S. Capitol. Characters represented: 1 De Soto ; 2 Moorish servant; 3 Confessor; 4. Young Spanish cavalier;5 Cannon ; 6 Planting the cross ; 7 Priest bearing a censer ; S An aged priest blessing the cross ; 9 A soldierdressing his wounded leg; 10 Camp chest, arms, etc.; 11 A group of standard bearers; 12 Two Indianmaidens looking on ; 13 Indian chiefs bearing pipes of peace. original Oley stock has been thesource of two distinctively notablewestern migrations. The first was led by Peter Keim, ac-companied by his family, his eldestson Nicholas having been born inOley, Berks county, Pa., Feb. 2, 1768,and his eldest son John was born Jan-uary 9, 1792 (p. 54, K. and A. F.).The family settled at Elk Lick in nowSomerset county, Pa., about the closeof the eighteenth century, and its de-scendants extended as pioneers intoOhio, Indiana, Illinois, and l
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