ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Forrest, IL...Step Back in Time to Our Railroad Heritage</title> <meta name="description" content="Forrest, IL, Village, Forest,Illinois, Railroad, Wa Bash Day, Wabash, Railroad History, Illinois, museum, historical, employment"> <meta name="keywords" content="Forrest,IL, Wa Bash Day, Wabash, Railroad History, Illinois, museum, historical, employment"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- /* Don't underline links */ a:link {text-decoration: none;} a:visited {text-decoration: none;} /* Custom Scrollbar Colors */ body{ scrollbar-arrow-color: #000000; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #FFFFED; scrollbar-highlight-color: #D0D0D4; scrollbar-face-color: #E4E4BA; scrollbar-shadow-color: #6A6A6E; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #B1B187; scrollbar-track-color: #E4E4BA; } --> </style> </head> <body> <body bgcolor="#663333" text="#000000" link="#000000" vlink="#f5deb3" alink="#d2b48c"><font face="Algerian"><font size="8"> <center>The Village of Forrest</center> <TABLE> <TR> <TD> <font face="Copperplate Gothic Light"><font size="6" align="center"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> <img src="cd space.gif"> Tracks from the Past... Vision for the Future </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="5" BORDERCOLOR="663333" bgcolor="d2b48c" CELLPADDING="7" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="100%" align="center"> <TR> <TD>Chicago - 93m. NE</TD> <TD>Bloomington - 43m. SW</TD> <TD>Champaign - 51m. S</TD> <TD>Peoria - 65m. W</TD> <TD>Pontiac - 20m. NW</TD> </TR> <TABLE WIDTH="30%" BORDER="5" BORDERCOLOR="d2b48c" CELLPADDING="7" CELLSPACING="3" TEXT=#000000 ALIGN="left"> <TR> <TD BACKGROUND="wabsysmap Forrest.JPG" WIDTH="100%"> <center> <a href="Forrest WB22011R.jpg"><center><img src="WB Forrest sml copy tan.jpg"> </a><font face="Algerian"><font size="6"><center><br>Village Railway<br><br><br><br> </td> </tr> <TR> <TD><br> <a href="Index.html"><center><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="5" strong="">Home</a> <br> <hr color="d2b48c" size="2"> <a href="BD.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Business Directory</a> </font><br><br> <a href="CH.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Churches</a></font><br> <br> <a href="EV.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Events</a></font><br><br> <a href="FPLD.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Forrest Public Library </a></font><br><br> <a href="GOV.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Government</a></font> <br><br> <a href="ORG.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Organizations</a></font> <br><br> <a href="PARKS.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Parks</a></font><br> <br> <a href="RRP.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Railroad Park</a></font> <br><br> <a href="SCH.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">School District</a> </font><br><br> <center> <a href="mailto:office@forrestil.org"><font face="Copperplate Gothic" size="3" font color="d2b48c"> Email Village Office</a ><br><br> <center> <a href="http://www.a-free-guestbook.com/guestbook.php?username=imputeddesigns"><font face="Copperplate Gothic" size="H3" font color="d2b48c">Sign the Guestbook</a ></font><br><br> <a href="http://home.mchsi.com/~froelich/"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong=""> Weather</a></font><br> </TR> <TR> <TD BACKGROUND="cropped CD WABSYSMAP FORREST 20%.JPG" WIDTH="100%"><font face="Algerian"><font size="6"> <center><br>Railways Abroad<br><br> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><br> <center> <a href="http://www.cbt.com/cbot/pub/page/0,3181,949,00.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Chicago Board of Trade</a></font><br><br> <a href="http://www.google.com/"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" strong="">Google</a> </font><br><br><br> <img src="WB Forrest sml copy maroon.jpg"></font> <p><font color="d2b48c">Click on controls to stop/play background music.</p> <EMBED SRC="cd wabashc2.mid" AUTOSTART="TRUE" HIDDEN="FALSE" LOOP="FALSE" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="16"> <noembed><bgsound src="cd wabachc2.mid" loop="1"></noembed> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="68%" BORDER="" height="10%" size"3" BORDERCOLOR="000000" bgcolor="d2b48c" CELLPADDING="" CELLSPACING="" TEXT=#d2b48c ALIGN="center"> <TR> <TD><TH><center><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" color="000000" size="5"><br>The Beginning of a Village</center></font><br> <hr width="70%" color="#000000" size="3"><br> <font face="Arial" color="000000" size="3"><align="center"> The Village of Forrest, Illinois is located at the junction of US Route 24 and Illinois Route 47. Forrest was named in honor of a Mr. Forrest of New York City, the business partner of Mr. Frost, President of the T.P.W. Railroad at the time of incorporation in 1890.<br><br> <hr width="45%" color="#000000" size="3"><br> Click here for more <a href="HISTORY.html"><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" size="4" color="663333">History</a> </font face> <H4><font face="Arial" color="000000" size="6"><align="center"></font face></H4> "As told by an old railroad man, George Rex Clarke" - The Forrest News <br> Friday, August 11, 1972 - page 3 & 4 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE> <TR> <TD> <!--<align left><a href="2008flyer.pdf"><img src="2008flyer.jpg" width="275" height="450"></align left></a>--> </TD> <TD> <div><embed src="http://widget-26.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="site=widget-26.slide.com&channel=360287970195354918&cy=be&il=1" width="625" height="400" name="flashticker" align="middle"/><div style="width:600px;text-align:left;"></a></div></div> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="68%" BORDER="" height="10%" BORDERCOLOR="d2b48c" bgcolor="d2b48c" CELLPADDING="" CELLSPACING="" TEXT=#d2b48c ALIGN="center"> <TR> <TD> <table border="5" bordercolor="#000000" width="100%" > <TH><center><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" color="000000" size="5" ><br>Village Notice<br></center></font><br><br><font face="Verdana" color="000000" size="3">The Village Board meets<br> on the second Thursday of each month. <br> Meeting dates are<br> posted at the Village Office<br> and the Post Office.<br><br></font></center> <a href="http://2010.census.gov/2010census/"><img src="2010CensusLogo_tagblack_web.jpg" width="105" height="100"> </TD> <hr width="70%" color="#000000" size="3"> <Table width="50%" BORDER="" BORDERCOLOR="d2b48c" bgcolor="d2b48c" CELLPADDING="" CELLSPACING="2"> <TR> <TD> <center><a href="cd Village of Forrest Historical Museum.html"><img src="Border copy.jpg" width="195" height="450"></a><br><br></center> <center>The link above will<br>take you to more information</center> </TD> <TD> <center><font face="Verdana" size="3">The Hampsher Hotel has been restored and is now operating as a Bed & Breakfast! Click the link below to go to the website<p> <a href="HampsherHotel.html"><img src="HampsherHotel_logo_web.jpg" width="190" Height="290" BORDER="5" BORDERCOLOR="663333" bgcolor="663333" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3"></center> </a> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <hr width="75%" color="#000000" size="3"> <TABLE width="70%" bgcolor="d2b48c" bordercolor="000000"> <TR> <TD><center><img src="Caboose south.jpg" width="560" height="350"></center> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE width="70%" bgcolor="d2b48c" bordercolor="000000" align="center"> <TR> <TD><font face="Verdana" size="3"><center>Our Restored Caboose<BR><BR></center><!--The Village Trustees project restoring the exterior of the NW Caboose is drawing to a close and the interior work will be started soon. The time and effort has produced a very nice attraction to anchor the West side of the new Railroad Park!--> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE width="100%" bgcolor="d2b48c" bordercolor="000000"> <TR> <TD> <P><center><font face="Copperplate Gothic bold" color="#000000" size="3" >Website Design and Maintenance: Imputed Designs</font></center><br> <center> <a href="http://www.freehitcounters.net/"><img border="0" src="http://www.hostfreenow.net/forrestilorg-v119-Hit_Counter.jpg" alt="Hit Counter"></a></center> </TD> </TR> </TABLE>