The old Journal of the Assembly relates the services of Captain George DeKay as an express between Goshen and Minisink.

It mentions as his guards Peter Carter, David Benjamin, Philip Reid, and Francis Armstrong.

It tells also that Colonel Vincent Mathews was paid two pounds to furnish guides to regulars posted at Goshen from October 1757, to February 1758.

[6] In 1763, Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Golden appealed to the General Assembly for troops to relieve the militia on the borders of Orange and Ulster counties, an area infiltrated by the enemy.

On June 8, 1775, over 360 men signed the Revolutionary pledge at Goshen, headed by Henry Wisner at the top of the list.

Once General George Washington, riding eastward on the Florida road toward his headquarters at Newburgh, stopped with his staff to chat with local children at the old school house near the stone quarry.

The Goshen regiment, under Colonel Tusten, was nearly destroyed by an estimated 500 Indians and Tories commanded by Joseph Brant (Mohawk), also known as Thayendanegea, the Scourge.

While marching along the west bank of the Delaware River, they discovered the Indians about three quarters of a mile away, and Colonel Hathorn chased them.

[6] Colonel Benjamin Tusten, who was a physician and surgeon by profession, came originally from Southold, L. I., in 1746, at the age of three years.

[6] The current county courthouse in Goshen was constructed in 1841 and reflects the Greek Revival style in architecture.

It was originally opened as a 1/3rd-mile circle around a circus ground, which was then succeeded by multiple iterations including a square track until the current half-mile oval was constructed in 1873.

It is also "the oldest continuously operated horse racing track in the country" and has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.

[14] This region was important in the development of harness racing, and owners bred horses to excel in this sport.

On June 24, 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant visited the town, staying in a local house and watching racing from a barn on the property.

In 2007, Michael Kohn, an 18-year-old Goshen Volunteer firefighter, started a fire that destroyed a house at 113 Webster Ave. Kohn pleaded guilty to arson, admitting also to starting fires in another house, a barn and a vehicle within a short period.

[17] In 2014, Devin Giordano and Jennifer Molyneaux murdered 81-year-old Helen Mills in her Goshen home, after breaking in to steal money for drugs.

[18] On May 29, 2021, Lego opened a Legoland theme park in Goshen, which is 60 miles north of New York City.

Built by Merlin Entertainment, the park contains a 250 room lego hotel, rides, and is spread across 500 acres of land.

[21] From the moment Goshen was identified as a home for the park, the company was met with pushback from local community members and faced constant controversy.

[22] Beginning in 2017, locals identified as "Concerned Citizens for the Hudson Valley" met at the Legoland welcome center to protest the park's construction, complaining about the lack of transparency and the presence of "behind the scenes" meetings.

[23] In November 2017, residents filed a suit in the Orange County Supreme Court to block the construction of the park.

[24] In October 2021, the New York Times published an article highlighting the controversy around the park and the many complaints of town locals.

The article described how state inspectors cited Legoland for 67 environmental violations which resulted in fines totaling more than $600,000.