This is not the exact location of Goshen but thought it'd be nice for the container we had at the time.
Goshen was on Trim Creek eight miles northeast of Eustace in northwestern Henderson County.
A post office opened there in 1871, and by 1885 the settlement had a population of 150 and two churches, a district school, three general stores, four steam gristmills and cotton gins, a hotel, and a saloon.
During the early 1890s, however, the town began to decline, and by 1896 the reported population was only twenty-four. The post office closed in 1905, and by the mid-1930s only a church, a school, and a few houses remained at the site. After World War II most of the remaining residents left the area, and by the early 1990s Goshen was abandoned.
"The town of Goshen served the rural farms and communities as a marketing center. It was also a rest stop for trail drivers herding cattle on the Chisholm Trail from East Texas. Goshen existed through the latter part of the 19th century when the railroad was built through this area. Merchants moved their businesses to nearby Eustace, a settlement on the new rail line.
Goshen Cemetery remains as the last physical reminder of the once-thriving trading center. According to local legend, the cemetery was founded when a nomadic cowboy became sick and died while working on a nearby ranch. A large grave and stone fence mark the burial place of the cowboy.
(The above was copied from: http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Henderson/cemetery/goshen.htm)
Other websites concerning Goshen & former residents:
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/tx/goshen.html
Descendants of Alexander MacKenzie - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/f/f/Rita-Offer/GENE4-0003.html
John Robert McKenzie - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39972654
Mary Wilson Laroe McKenzie - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43116427
Items left originally left in the cache:
small play dough, 5 silly bands, golf ball, can opener
As well as the following handcrafted items:
round 'CITO' key-chain & an 'I (heart) Caching' key-chain/charm/zipper-pull/etc
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Please, as with all Geocache, remember...
1. CITO if needed
2. When taking an item please trade even or up.
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