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Pioneer Joel Goodin and Kansas Journal founder's early life
Franklin County pioneer Joel Kistlee Goodin of Minneola helped shape Kansas history as secretary of the Pree State Pary and Territorial Council. His son Charles W. Goodin started Kansas Journal in 1864, later renamed Young America, reporting border troubles and a notable murder case. Goodin became a prosperous banker in Ottawa area, remembered as eccentric but influential, with his life chronicled in Ottawa Library microfilm of his early newspaper.
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Franklin County
Joel Kistlee Goodin
Minneola
Pree State Pary
Kansas
Charles Robinson
James Lane
Ohio
Charles W. Goodin
Kansas Journal
Cincinnati
Abraham Juinceln
Fort Scott
Young America
William Hastings
Ottumwa, Coffee Co
Earnest Wateehe
Hastings
Lawrence
Robbins
Charles Goodin
Ottawa Herald
Goodin
Baldwin
Baker University
Taylor
Ottawa
L.C. Stine
Williamsburg
Goodin Bank
Hamblin
Stine
Ottawa State Bank
Kansas State Bank
Minnecola
Ottawa Library