A history of Gordon,
since 1885
Postcards, papers and photographs of Gordon from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Gordon was incorporated as a village in 1885 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for John Gordon, a pioneer settler. Gordon was incorporated in November 1885.
In the Lakota language, Gordon is known as tȟáȟča wakpá otȟúŋwahe, meaning "deer river city".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Gordon’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGordon depot, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gordon, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Gordon
1 place in Gordon is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gordon depot (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (10). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.