The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Forest was platted on September 1, 1874, by Henry Y. Morrison to serve as a station along the Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad (later the Clover Leaf Railroad). The town's name was given because the site was forested, and the first railroad tickets sold there were issued from an oak stump used as a ticket counter. The town gained a post office in 1877 with C. G. R. Sims as the first postmaster.
The residents of Forest supported the Temperance movement, as a county history describes:
A reckless man undertook to establish a saloon here in the spring of 1886, despite the protests of the citizens, but after his building had been blown up with dynamite he decided to seek another location.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Forest’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forest’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Forest, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Forest is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Forest has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Russiaville Interurban Depot in Russiaville, 3.2 miles away.
Forest and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.