The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain per the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France. In 1803, most of the land for present-day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000-square-mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.
The Kansas Territory was organized in 1854, and Kansas became the 34th U.S. state in 1861. In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory and included present-day Goessel.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goessel’s history is told.
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Goessel, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Goessel is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Goessel has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Heinrich H. Schroeder Barn in Spring Valley, 2.7 miles away.
Goessel and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.