In 1895, Moorpark was not yet a town, but two fledgling communities, Epworth and Fremontville, connected by a dusty, rambling road.  Each of the settlements had a one- room schoolhouse serving a few dozen children.  Although they had to walk, ride horses or be pulled along in carts, these early pioneer children looked forward to going to school and seeing friends because it meant getting a break from farm chores. The Fremontville school was built on two hilltop acres located in the area that is now called Peach Hill, at the intersection of Peach Hill and Rolling Knoll roads.  The land was donated by French immigrant Pierre Agoure in 1895. Moorpark was born in 1900 when a Los Angeles developer named R.W. Poindexter bought a large tract of land between Epworth and Fremontville and gave the Southern Pacific Railroad a strip on which to construct a depot.  A post office was soon established in the newly constructed depot. With settlements on either side of Moorpark to provide customers, a cluster of businesses grew up around the railroad depot.  Homes were built around the shops and within a few years a school was needed.  In 1904, it was decided the Fremontville school should be moved downtown.  It was relocated to the northwest corner of Charles and Walnut streets and the name was changed to Moorpark Elementary School.