Goose Nest - Old Mountain School
In 1910, the community of Goose Nest was platted and registered with the Murray
County Clerk. This community was the area where the workers of the Goose Nest
mine lived. The Goose Nest Mine produced zinc and lead for a few years. The
location of this community and school was 3 1/2 miles south of Woodland School,
Sec. 17, T1S, R1E.
The students were sent to Colbert School after the mine closed and enrollment
fell. The Colbert School along with Oak Ridge, Homer, Howard and Hoover were
later consolidated to form the Woodland School.
This school has mistakenly been called "Goose Neck" by the locals but this name
is in error. The proper name of the mine, community and school IS and WAS Goose
Nest.
For some time I have been looking for three schools that were very elusive. They seemed to be like a ghost in the mist. There would be evidence of a school called Howard, then you would loose it. Then a reference to the school called Old Mountain with a fuzzy location. Then there appeared a school called Goose Nest and an exact location. It seems that all three schools were one in the same but with three different names. This is my best guess as to the origin of the names of the school. As best as can be figured from all the evidence, this school was about 3 1/2 miles south of the Woodland School.
Contributed by Dennis Muncrief, November, 2001.