Durham, N. N. "Spokane and the Inland Empire; History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County Washington." Vol. 2. S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. LOUIS G. KELLER The beneficial effect of a sound education when it is backed by a worthy ambition is clearly illustrated in the lives of many of the most successful men of America. A younger generation is now coming upon the stage and it is the opinion of competent authorities that as time passes these young men will be able to give a good account of their stewardship. In the class designated is Louis G. Keller, who is now engaged in the hardware business at Colville. He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 5, 1881, a son of Louis E. and Louisa (Brunswick) Keller. The mother died in 1889, but the father is still living and has reached the age of fifty-seven years. There is fighting blood in the family, as is indicated by the fact that the grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the Mexican war. Louis G. Keller received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native city and later entered Woodward high school, from which he was graduated in 1900. In July of the same year Mr. Keller came to Spokane, Washington, and a short time afterward went to the Big Ben country, where he was employed for a year in a general mercantile store owned by his uncle. He attended the University of Colorado for one year and at the end of that time returned to the Big Ben country and took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. After two more years of attendance at the University of Colorado he was graduated, receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1905, and in the same year he was admitted to the bar of Colorado. However, he believed that eastern Washington presented superior advantages and he engaged in the real-estate business at Spokane for one year, at the same time recuperating his health. He spent a year in the Big Ben country and in 1907 located at Colville and associated in the hardware business with a Mr. Stannus, under the firm title of the Stannus Keller Hardware Company. The members of the firm are energetic and competent and the patronage has increased from year to year, the business now being one of the most flourishing of the kind in the country. Mr. Keller in addition to his investment in the store is the owner of ten acres of land near Colville and one hundred and sixty acres in the Big Ben country. Politically he has ever since he reached manhood supported the republican party and in 1910 was a member of the republican county central committee. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias, and he is also a member of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity. He takes great interest in the promotion of all movements for advancing the welfare of the community and is a valued member of the Colville Chamber of Commerce, of which he was president in 1910. While attending school he was a cadet and in his senior year was elected captain, which is considered the highest honor that can be bestowed upon any pupil in that institution. Judging by what he has accomplished, the confidence of his young companions was not misplaced and Mr. Keller can apparently look forward to a constantly widening field of endeavor. From the outset of his active business life he has steadily progressed and the high esteem in which he is held by the people of this section is convincing evidence of his personal worth. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in October 2015 by Diane Wright. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.