Historical Marker
Captain Daniel Johannes Goos
Lake Charles, Calcasieu County · Louisiana
Erected 2015
Daniel Goos was born on the island of Foehr, then Danish, on March 23, 1815, the son of a silver- and goldsmith. He reached Philadelphia in 1835, worked the lumber trade out of New Orleans, and in 1855 came to Lake Charles by schooner and founded Goosport. His schooner Lehmann ran the Union blockade to Matamoros about four times, while his steamer Dan was captured in 1862 and burned in 1863. In 1869 he recruited young Foehr emigrants for his mill and shipyard. He had 15 children and died in 1898, aged 83.
Where it stands
30.22527, -93.22335 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Imperial Calcasieu Museum — 0.8 miLake Charles's history museum, founded by the Junior League in 1963, with parish artifacts, Claire Chennault's uniform and the Sallier Oak.
- Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu — 1.2 miA 6,000-square-foot museum of southwest Louisiana Carnival with about 275 costume mannequins and 14 animated figures, opened in April 2026.
- Sam Houston Jones State Park — 5.5 miA 1,087-acre park on the West Fork of the Calcasieu with longleaf pine, cypress-tupelo swamp, five trails, cabins and kayak rentals.
- Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point — 9.2 miA free visitor center at the western gateway of Louisiana's only All-American Road, with exhibits on alligators, migrating songbirds and the estuary.