Keeling Ledger Book, Nebraska State Historical Society (11310-55), is from the collection of William Henry Keeling of Falls City, NE. In 1855 Major William Henry Keeling surveyed the line between Kansas and Nebraska. He went to Texas in 1859. He also served with the U.S. Army during the Civil War. From 1862-1865 he served with the battalion that was General Sherman's bodyguard. In the late 1860s, he was stationed at western army posts, including Camp Cooke and Fort Leavenworth. During the 1880s he was the post trader at Fort Leavenworth. It is likely that the ledger book was collected at Camp Cooke, Montana in 1866-67.

The William H. Keeling book of ledger drawings was received by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission staff at Arbor Lodge in 1925. The inventory entry appears as "Book of Indian Drawings, history of the Nez Perces Indians".