The farm “Gocheganas” was originally first mentioned in the archives in a lease agreement of 1903 between the Baster Jan van Wyk and the Boer de Wet. Eventually the farm was sold to Stroemer and Denk for 210 000 Mark, who had the obligation to farm the land and not to resell it without approval of the “Kaiserliche Gouvernement”. Ownership passed through several hands since then. Mainly cattle were bred on the farmland, but also first-class horses. In the years 1914 – 1915 there was a Police Station, a Gouda cheese factory was established and then Gocheganas became a successful dairy farm, finally being converted into the fine Nature Reserve it is today.