Forrest City

Arkansas, United States
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Forrest City, city and seat (1874) of St. Francis county, east-central Arkansas, U.S., on the west slope of Crowley’s Ridge between the L’Anguille and St. Francis rivers, 45 miles (72 km) west of Memphis, Tennessee. Originally a railroad camp, it was founded (1866) by the Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, who contracted with the Memphis and Little Rock (now Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific) Railroad to build a line through Crowley’s Ridge. It developed as a commercial centre for an agricultural area (cotton, corn, peaches, rice, soybeans, and wheat), but its economy diversified to include the manufacture of electronics, heating ...(100 of 139 words)