Forrest,_Arizona

Forrest, Arizona

Forrest, Arizona

Populated place in Arizona, United States

Forrest was a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.[2]

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History

Forrest was on the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad and was named for a local old resident and rancher.[3]

The Paul Lime Plant began operating nearby in 1918[4] and the railway spur to there was renamed Paul's Spur.[5] By the 1940s it was the largest lime producer in Southern Arizona.[4]

Forrest had a post office that opened on May 8, 1914.[3] Forrest School was twice destroyed by fire, once in 1915 and again in 1929 when it was replaced by a larger brick building.[5] At one time up to 200 families lived nearby working in the lime plant.[5] However following mechanisation the population dropped and the school closed in 1963.[5] Forrest School District continued in existence organising transport to schools in Douglas.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forrest, Arizona
  2. [2]
    "Forrest (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  3. [3]
    Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780816534951. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  4. [4]
    Wilson, Eldred Dewey; Galbraith, Frederic Williams (1944), Arizona Nonmetallics: A Summary of Past Production and Present Operations, University of Arizona, pp. 24–40
  5. [5]
    Ellioit, Ruth D. (1974). "Forrest School" (PDF). The Chohise Quarterly. 4 (2&3). Cochise County Historical and Archaeological Society: 29–30.
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