"Doc" Goettsche was born in Chicago, IL to Hartwig and Louisa Rossow Goettsche. He attended medical college in Neuremburg, Germany for several years before returning to the U.S. to avoid service in the German Armed Forces. He was a real western cowboy for time. He spent time in Montana and eventually moved to the Texas Panhandle and married Sarah L. Eller. There were seven children born to this union including a set of twins. Martha Louise, Charley, Annie May, Gus and Roy (twins), Frank and Sarah Melba. Doc was a dentist in the panhandle for many years, and served as the sheriff of Lipscomb, County during the early 1920's. Lake Goettsche was named in his honor. There are many items currently on display in the Panhandle Plains Historic Museum that were donated by Dr. Goettsche. He was very friendly with a local tribe of Native Americans and was the recipient of many tribal artifacts which he were donated to the museum. Doc was preceeded in death by his beautiful wife, Sarah, and one son, Frank. Doc was living with his youngest daughter, Melba at the time of his death in 1953.
"Doc" Goettsche was born in Chicago, IL to Hartwig and Louisa Rossow Goettsche. He attended medical college in Neuremburg, Germany for several years before returning to the U.S. to avoid service in the German Armed Forces. He was a real western cowboy for time. He spent time in Montana and eventually moved to the Texas Panhandle and married Sarah L. Eller. There were seven children born to this union including a set of twins. Martha Louise, Charley, Annie May, Gus and Roy (twins), Frank and Sarah Melba. Doc was a dentist in the panhandle for many years, and served as the sheriff of Lipscomb, County during the early 1920's. Lake Goettsche was named in his honor. There are many items currently on display in the Panhandle Plains Historic Museum that were donated by Dr. Goettsche. He was very friendly with a local tribe of Native Americans and was the recipient of many tribal artifacts which he were donated to the museum. Doc was preceeded in death by his beautiful wife, Sarah, and one son, Frank. Doc was living with his youngest daughter, Melba at the time of his death in 1953.
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