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Forest Home Cemetery

Memorials	:	0
Location	:	Muskegon, Muskegon County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2441490, -86.2023930
Description	:	The map location is approximate. Forest Home is a defunct cemetery that was used for interments in 1892, having had about twenty-four burials between February and August of that year; all later findable were thought to have been moved to Oakwood Cemetery in Muskegon, Michigan c.1910. Historic information edited from a 1943 newspaper article: >>In 1890, there was agitation to close Muskegon's Oakwood and Evergreen Cemeteries to further use because the city had grown up to and around them; although when located there, it was believed that they would always be outside the city. But factories were being built along the railroad on... Read More	The map location is approximate. Forest Home is a defunct cemetery that was used for interments in 1892, having had about twenty-four burials between February and August of that year; all later findable were thought to have been moved to Oakwood Cemetery in Muskegon, Michigan c.1910. Historic information edited from a 1943 newspaper article: >>In 1890, there was agitation to close Muskegon's Oakwood and Evergreen Cemeteries to further use because the city had grown up to and around them; although when located there, it was believed that they would always be outside the city. But factories were being built along the railroad on Nims Street and on Irwin across from Oakwood. It was decided to locate a tract of land that would be where the city limits would not grow up to it. In August of 1891, the Board of Public Works advertised for a tract of land not less than 160 nor more than 320 acres. The result was the purchase of 160 acres out in the wilderness near the old Newaygo Road. It was sold to the city by Samuel R. Sanford (a lumberman who is buried in Evergreen Cemetery), Ansel F. Temple (a superintendent in a factory who is buried in Oakwood Cemetery) and others for $5,500. There was a fine stand of trees on it, but they were cut down and used for firewood. In 1892, sale of lots in Oakwood was stopped, and the intention was to begin using the new place and gradually transfer Oakwood burials to Jackson Hill. There was much protest, because the place could not be reached in winter and it was hot, dry and dusty in summer as the road to it was over the Bolt Highway, through the county farm property, and north through sand; or through the city, down Ottawa and out Jackson and Newaygo Road. The people in the first ward and on Jackson Hill also protested about the location. Only 24 lots were sold, and less than a dozen burials made. The place was abandoned, although the city retained title. In 1920, the Continental Motors Corporation made a proposition to the city to trade the Forest Home site for a tract in Norton township, next to the Heights Cemetery, as a place for a Muskegon cemetery. Continental at that time had plans prepared for development of property east of the city, on a large scale, with roomy home lots, playgrounds and parks. The City Commission decided by a four-to-three vote to make the trade, but later rescinded the action. There was an industrial slump in 1921, and nothing more was done until 1923 when Continental again made a proposition for trade, but the Commission was divided, and nothing came of it. In 1920-1923, the city paid an assessment of $2,600 for a highway (this would've been what has been Marquette Avenue from that time forward) out of Jackson Street. Forty acres of the old tract are now (1943) included in the city limits for the new (Forest Homes) housing project of the government (which was pushed forward as necessary for defense projects during World War 2).<<

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Forest Home Cemetery is located at SE of Marquette & Harvey Street Intersection Muskegon, Muskegon County ,Michigan , 49442USA.
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Latitude: 43.2441490
Longitude: -86.2023930

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