Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Keith R Bailey
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: 1925
Birthplace: North Dakota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: East Muddy, Richardson, Nebraska
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Hope H (age 2) and Harold R (1)
Census place: East Muddy, Richardson, Nebraska; Roll: 1291; Page: ; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 642.0
Date: 16 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Keith Bailey
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: 1925
Birthplace: North Dakota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Polk, Polk, Nebraska
Address: Hickory Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: 6
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: rural, Richardson, Nebraska
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Hope (age 12), Harold (10), David (4), and Ruth (1)
Census place: Polk, Polk, Nebraska; Roll: T627_2261; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 72-9
Date: 5 Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Keith Bailey
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: 1925
Birthplace: North Dakota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1950: Marietta, Saunders, Nebraska
Marital status: single
Living on farm: yes
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: David (age 14) and Ruth (11)
Census place: Marietta, Saunders, Nebraska
Date: 22 Apr 1950

On 31 Jul 1976 a violent rainstorm sent a rampaging wall of water through Big Thompson Canyon, returning it to its primordial state. The massive millennial flood killed 144 residents and visitors at one of Colorado's most popular destinations. Keith Bailey was one of the victims.

Article from the "Greeley Daily Tribune" of Greeley, Colorado dated 27 Aug 1976:
More flood victims identified
Loveland, Colo. (UPI) - Authorities have identified five more of the 129 bodies recovered from the debris of the Big Thompson River flash flood.
The Loveland Disaster Center Thursday released the identification of the five, including the mother of a family of four which was swept away from the tourist town of Drake. The woman was identified as Phyllis Lorence, 41, of Phillpsburg, Kan.
The bodies of Mrs. Lorence's daughters, Debbie, 13, and Brenda, 15, were identified earlier. The father, James, is on the missing list. The family was visiting in Drake when the flash flood hit.
Others identified were Keith Bailey, 50, of Big Thompson Canyon; Casper Seibert, 63, of Caldwell, Tex.; Aaron Watts, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cary Watts of Fort Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Myrtle Nelson, 45, of Fleming, Colo.
The Watts boy was with his parents and two other children when he was swept away by flood waters, but the other members of his family escaped.
Bodies continue to be discovered in the mud of the Big Thompson River four weeks after the July 31 flash flood crashed through the narrow canyon filled with vacationing fishermen and campers.
Heavy construction equipment and cleanup crews move through the canyon every day removing trees and wreckage from the area. Workmen discovered three more bodies Wednesday, bringing the death count to 129.
"We're still getting calls every day from relatives of missing people," a spokesman at a makeshift morgue said Thusday. "One person called to say she had heard we were no longer looking for victims, but that simply isn't true."
Officials at the disaster center said they still have 72 names on a missing persons list, but do not believe all of them died in the flood.

Article from the "Columbus Telegram" of Columbus, Nebraska dated 3 Aug 1976:
Ex-Polk man dies in flood
Loveland, Colo. (UPI) - A former Polk, Neb., man was reported dead in Colorado's Big Thompson River Canyon area.
Keith Bailey, 52, who was living with his mother at Loveland, was the son of Rev. and Mrs. Roscoe Bailey, who lived in Polk before moving to Loveland when their son was 19. The Rev. Mr. Bailey was a Baptist minister in Hordville, Polk and Mead.
Mrs. Bailey, in her late 70s, was hospitalized with bruises.

Article from the "Journal" of Lincoln, Nebraska dated 3 Aug 1976:
Ex-Nebraskan Dead in Flood
A former Nebraskan was among the victims of the Big Thompson River flood in Colorado.
News reports say that Keith Bailey, 52, of Loveland, Colo., died in the flood. His mother, in her late 70s, was hospitalized with bruises.
The mother and son had been living in Loveland. Mr. Bailey was a resident of Polk, Neb., before moving to Colorado at 19.
His father, the late Rev. Roscoe Bailey, was a Baptist minister in Polk, Hordville and Mead, Neb.
The Watson Colemans and Charles Hemphill, all of Lincoln, escaped the flood while vacationing near Estes Park.
The Colemans evacuated their house Saturday night and drove to higher ground. He was one of the first taken from the high spot by the rescuers.
Coleman described the flood scene:
"There were mobile homes coming down the river, one on top of another, exploding on rocks. It took pine trees . . . it wiped everything out."
He is a retired Lincoln Northeast High School teacher.
Hemphill, a guidance counselor at Lincoln Southeast High School, drove his trailer away from the river as soon as it started rising, traveling the dangerous road to Loveland and safety.