It is also difficult to work with. Long ago stone was used to build houses and churches. Long ago on houses, the roof was made of tar paper. Today roofs are made of shingles instead of tar paper. Both tar paper and shingles work.
Many people put tar paper on their roofs long ago.
Mr. Huwitt was the first person to own a brick house in Forreston. In the fall of 1854, Mr. Huwitt also drew the plat of Forreston. Forreston grain and feed mill was owned and operated by Owen and Henry Dewall. The building of Austin Ruppert Machine Shop was purchased by Anderson and Lauzarus' in 1940. During World War II, Burgess Battery had a war plant here.