Goffs & Its Schoolhouse - The Historic Cultural Center of the East Mojave Desert

Goffs and Its Schoolhouse tells the story of the community of Goffs that has existed at the top of the hill out of Needles since 1883 and that of its unique one-room desert schoolhouse. This is the most definitive work on any community in the East Mojave Desert. Through this careful reconstruction of Goffs history is seen a glimpse of the entire region. The rich chronology is described through stories of the trials and tribulations of Goffs: a shootout at the Goffs Hotel over a woman, a murder on the porch of the schoolhouse at a dance in 1928 during prohibition, the fires that devastated sections of the town, the cowboys whose range came right down to the tracks in Goffs, the railroaders, the highway people, and the homesteaders. Dennis G. Casebier, 1995, 176pages, hardcover