Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Mount Forest came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Mount Forest in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Forest. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mount Forest data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mount Forest:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Mount Forest is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Mount Forest. See our Misc Page for Mount Forest for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Mount Forest:

Mount Forest was mentioned in the following schedules:

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (May 1892)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)