Our History

Goshen was named after the biblical city of Goshen. The ancient Israelites had fled to Egypt where the Pharaoh gave them some land. Here they established their city of Goshen the " Land of Promise".

The first school building was a one-room log cabin built in the 1850's in the spot where the Southern Pacific crosses Hampton Road. Since the railroad was finished in 1872, the new "neat Building" must have been completed before that.

It was built on a knoll about 1/4 mile east, near the present Peeble Lane. Later, it was moved to the sight of the present building and remolded to two rooms with "anterooms". Here was kept the pail of drinking water with a dipper, and the lunch pails with the ever remember smell of peanut butter sandwiches.

A playshed was built in 1926, one end of which was later converted into a classroom, and noon lunch room. In 1949, the first section of the new building was built with four classrooms, furnace room, and bathrooms. It was dedicated February 1949. Board of Directors - Don Burch and A.C. Hoffman. Chairman - Floyd McBee and Clerk - Berrilla McBee. Principal- Florence Terwilliger from 1951 - 1976. Later, District #13 consolidated with District #19.

The school records prior to 1904 were burned in the Courthouse fire, but some of the teachers hired after 1904 were Minerva Hemanway, Fay Hampton ( great granddaughter of John Jacob Hampton) J.C. Johnson, whose home was on Seavey Loop, Alice Chapman, and many others.

A baseball diamond was located about were the Bonneville Power company is now. This was the scene of many baseball games. The town team of about 1914-18 was rated quite highly. Their games were played on Friday or Saturday afternoons. When they played at Creswell or other places, the whole team rode in the hay rack.