The Green Forest tribune., 1901-05-04
WRITES UP GREEN FOREST.
Springfield Republican Makes q Nice Mention of Our Town.

In the issue of the Springfield |(Mo. ) Republican of April 26, |there appeared an extended |write-up of Green Forest from |the pen of W. l.. Andrews, staff correspondent of that paper, who |recently visited this place.
 From his article we extract Ethe following:
 In the year of 1868 Mr. L. E.. RHarbert came to the beautiful Bneighborhood of Green Forest, a fhigh rolling prairie section with fhere and there clumps of hard Mood trees to make it more Echarming and from which the town takes it's name. He found Sa post office already there Rut being satisfied that a little Further outson the prairie was a better town site than where the Epost office was then located, he <built g. residence in the pres &ent town of Green Forest. A Dittle later in the season, he and
 William Ward, his father-in Jaw, &ereeted a suitable building and #opened out the first stock of &eneral merchandise ever offered Ut this place. Soon after, Mr.
 Harbert was appointed postmas- A. Ter, and moved the office to its 8resent location, bringing the hame it had borne and by which fhe town is known at the present Mime.
 N When he came to the neigh borhood he found Geo, Lawrence,
 ohn PendIey, William Rush, W #ohnathan Norris, Doc. Gran < ham, Isaac Shahan, William .arter, William Wyatt, Isaiah
 Mccoy, and others carrying on \ se. stock farm and fruit business Sy &that section. The location was yx1pod one for building a town buse the conditions pres Sk made the prospect per-
 ent. The lands are fertile, M3 well adapted to all kinds of Agricultural and horticultural pro-
 {ucts, and stock raising. For |ears the town made little prog 3ess but the country by virtue of MS merit kept improving,-more
 5eople came, more farms were and new enterprises set l8h foot. The founder of the town {}knd others who joined with him, zaad faith in the situation, and &hat faith was well founded. R Ten years ago these natural
 huses began to produce their
 Legitimate results. The increas- Sd wealth of the community de-
 increased facilities for Mlpplying their wants, larger '6htlet was needed for their pro- 6ncts, and both were found in &reen Forest. The town stead- NY increased in population until Mhas about eight hundred people at the present time, and a large number of substantial business Spncerns.
 # The founding of the Green @rest High School by Prof. H. R Burney, nearly ten years ago, Was the beginning in a large of the present prosper ity. He is man of more than ability, has great love AQf, and is we'll adapted to the line of work he has chosenin life, and the graduates sent out from this institution take first place in Hheir examinations on entering pher colleges and universities to 6nish the higher courses of study, kneed to say no more.
 .y4t would be hard to find a bet t6f place to make business ven- &J1res than at Green Forest. The
 fmanent foundation for success laid in the farming and stock
 sing enterprises of the sur
 @nding country. The business
 nses are substantially built of
 ck and stone and will compare
 prably with other towns. Her
 elness merl are enterprising
 liberal hearted citizens, who
 greater things for their town, &4d are working to secure them,
 will succeed. MT. l.. E. 1S1 bert, the founder, is still fos-