Forrest Smith - Legacy

Legacy

  • The 1951 Municipal Land Clearance for Redevelopment Law. Signed by Governor Smith, it allowed for the issuance of bonds by cities and towns statewide, which greatly expanded and improved public infrastructure such as water and sewer, as well as new industry in blighted areas.
  • Forrest Lake, the centerpiece of Thousand Hills State Park near Kirksville, Missouri is named for Governor Smith.
  • A dormitory at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri also bore his name before being torn down in 2004.
  • Missouri environmentalists consider an eloquent denunciation by former Governor Smith of US Army Corps of Engineers plans to construct a dam the Current River as being one of the contributing factor to the plans' defeat.

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