By this time the Indians had been banished to west of the Mississippi River. but one Indian maiden remained to tend to the grave of her ancestors. According to legend. she married Leon and they settled here on land which is now part of Forest Home Cemetery. The deed for the government land Bourassa purchased was personally signed by President Martin Van Buren and is now kept in the Forest Park Library. The railroad came in 1856. bringing workers who established the first community settlement. A German immigrant. Ferdinand Husse. purchased land in 1851. mostly from Mr. Bourassa. and built a home styled after the manors of New Orleans that he had seen.
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