Re: Pictures of downtown Forest taken at night
I fine a couple interesting points here. I am NOT saying any of the information is wrong, just curious about some. The fact that Forest was indeed made the county seat in 1860 was because the railroad from Jackson to Meridian was built through Forest, and not Hillsboro, the county seat at that time . All I have ever seen regarding the 1860 grant was spelled FOREST. Some may think it was Forrest because of Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a big time Confederate war hero. However in 1860 Forrest was just a local planter and slave dealer in Northwest Miss, below Memphis. But even with his post war celebrity in 1865 It is most highly improbable the reconstruction carpet bag State Senate would have allowed Forrest such an honor, but the Governor at that time, Benjamin J. Humphreys, was a Union General serving as Military Governor over the Mississippi occupational district. He had no love for Forrest so it is, again, highly improbable Humphreys would have given the honor of a city named after him. Now, how Bilbo got involved I have no idea. However I feel sure money was involved.
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