Forrest’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Forrest. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Forrest was laid out on December 11, 1866, by Israel J. Krack (1816 – 1900). Krack was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Both of his parents had come from Germany. He was briefly a teacher, lived in Indiana, and came to Livingston County in 1854. Krack was a farmer, notary public, grain dealer, and in later life an insurance agent. Krack was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1872 and became treasurer of Livingston County in 1878. Krack Street, which parallels the railroad, was named for the town's founder.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Forrest’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forrest’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPublic school building, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Forrest
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Forrest, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Forrest is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Forrest has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Thomas A. Beach House in Fairbury, 5.2 miles away.
Forrest and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Public school building (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.