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I have to wonder exactly what is in the "WPA files" to which Baker refers (and for that matter, what sources they used), as other than the spot on the map (which sat next to a NYC line and seems to consist of a single house in the trees) I can find no trace of this place. I get lots of hits, as Lippicott's for instance lists something like a dozen different "Forest City"s, but they are all in other states. Maybe this was a rail spot, but I just get nothing. Mangoe (talk) 02:41, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Indiana. Shellwood (talk) 03:51, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• An 1893 Rand McNally gazetteer says "Forest City, Jasper, N.W., Ry"; which translates to a railway stop, with no post office nor express office, in the north-west of Jasper county. Checking Graydon M. Meints's Indiana Railroad Lines (IUP, 2011, ISBN 9780253223593) confirms that this was a stop on the "LS-WK", which from another table in the book is the Kankakee, Indiana branch of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.

  I can only turn up this meagre information about the railway station, everything else being the other "Forest City"s. The 1869 Lippincott's has 5 of them, none this one. By 1893, Lippincott's has 14 of them, still none this one. So: late 19th century railway station.

  The "WPA files" are, as Baker explains at the end of the book, the "Manuscript Files of the Federal Writers' Project, Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University, Terre Haute", the history of which is explained by R. K. O’Neill here; so that's where one would have to look.

  Uncle G (talk) 06:02, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oh, I know what the WPA files are; it's their content and sourcing that it would be nice to see. I am not in a position to go to Terre Haute and rummage through them. Mangoe (talk) 14:28, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Apparently we can get them on the 'phone if we know the area code. Who you gonna call? Special Collections! ☺ Uncle G (talk) 01:57, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Nonexistent place. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:25, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]