Goshen was a pioneer town in western

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(approximately 5 miles northeast of Bellingham, and 10 miles south of the US border with

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). Goshen was a logging and farming community. It was a stop on the rail line of the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad. At one point Goshen hoped to compete with Whatcom (now Bellingham) and

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for the western depot of the railroad line which was being laid north to

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State, which would guarantee economic investment and much traffic. Tacoma won the contest. The name remains in Goshen Road and, a short distance to the west, Everson-Goshen Road.

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