Goodland Mission was begun in 1848 by Rev. John Lathrop of American Bd. of Foreign Miss. Rev. O.P. Stark, superintendent in 1850, built the first church, and Mrs. Stark opened the first school there. Others in the service through 100 years included W.J.B. Lloyd, J.P. Gibbons, Bella M. Gibbons, Silas Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. B. McCann, Ebenezer Hotchkins, S. Bailey Spring, and E.D. Miller.