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4 unusual facts about Forest Park


Forest Park, Chalfont

Eckhardt operated the former Simon Butler mill during the first half of the 19th century and was well known for his secret counting of his profits every Saturday night by candlelight.

Forest Park, Georgia

Russel L. Honoré, retired Lieutenant General and former Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina

Josh Outman

Outman pitched for Forest Park Community College in Saint Louis, before transferring to the University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University).

Under Wildwood

The 576 page novel, the sequel to Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book One, continues the tale of Prue McKeel and her adventures in the "Impassable Wilderness," a fantastical version of Portland, Oregon's Forest Park.


Apotheosis of St. Louis

Apotheosis of St. Louis is a statue of King Louis IX of France, namesake of St. Louis, Missouri, located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park.

Crossroads College Preparatory School

There is a MetroLink mass transit station within walking distance.

Donald Macleay

His legacy includes Macleay Park, a part of Forest Park in Portland, and Macleay, an unincorporated Oregon community that was renamed in his honor in 1882.

East Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts

The neighborhood borders East Longmeadow, Forest Park, and the Sixteen Acres neighborhood.

Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League

Forest Park/C.D. Hylton Bruins/Bulldogs

Sakowitz

L. J. Hooker, an Australian retail development firm, purchased the Sakowitz chain in 1988 so that a location could be opened at Forest Fair Mall (now Cincinnati Mall) in Forest Park, Ohio and Fairfield, Ohio.

Swinley Forest

Swinley Forest includes Crowthorne Woods around Caesar's Camp between the Nine Mile Ride and Crowthorne; Swinley Park between Forest Park and the B3017; Bagshot Heath just west of Bagshot; and Swinley Woods around Kings Ride between the B3017 and South Ascot.


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European Honey Buzzard

Its most well-known summer population is in the New Forest (Hampshire) but it is also found in the Tyne Valley (Northumberland), Wareham Forest (Dorset), Swanton Novers Great Wood (Norfolk), the Neath Valleys (South Wales), the Clumber Park area (Nottinghamshire), near Wykeham Forest (North Yorkshire), Haldon Forest Park (Devon) and elsewhere.

Forest Park Hotel

In 1983, restaurateur Harold Butler, founder of the restaurant chain Denny's, bought the Forest Park Hotel and performed $7 million in renovations.

Paulista Avenue

Paulista is home to a small native forest park, the Parque Siqueira Campos, commonly called Trianon, and to the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo).

Quercus dentata

Notable specimens include one at Osterley Park 14 m tall and 1.5 m girth, and the largest, 18 m tall, at Avondale Forest Park, County Wicklow, Ireland.

The Chevin

There is also an Orienteering course in the forest park, with maps available from the local tourist office.

Waycross Community Media

WCM programming can be seen on Time Warner Cable in the Cincinnati suburbs of Forest Park, Greenhills, Springfield Township and Colerain Township