The Forest was acquired in 1925 from the Texas Prison System and was named in honor of State Senator I.D. Fairchild after he died in an automobile accident in 1928. I. D. Fairchild State Forest covers more than 2,600 acres of land in Cherokee County, and is the largest of the Texas state forests. During the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps reforested much of the area that was deforested through earlier logging. Today, I.D. Fairchild State Forest is a wildlife sanctuary. | Source: The History Center at DibollDownload Original File
