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September 23, 2012 (San Diego's East County) -- A Cal Fire vehicle traveling east on Highway 94 at Forrest Gate, in the vicinity of the Shockey Truck Trail fire, has been struck by shots fired. The shots are believed to be from a pellet gun, a Cal Fire individual reported, scanner traffic indicates. The driver's side window was broken, but no one was injured.
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How Forrest Gate got its name....
Jim Baker, Steam Foreman at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo www.psrm.org sent us this fascinating info on how Forrest Gate Road got its name:
The road has nothing to do with a forest, but is named after a Cavalry General whose last name was Forrest. Note the names of the roads in the former US Cavalry Camp Lockett in Campo: Sheridan, JEB Stuart, Parker, etc. Army policy at the time was to name posts, roads, gates, etc. after both US and Confederate soldiers. There was a gate at Camp Lockett named after Gen.
Forrest, so the road that went through the Forrest Gate was Forrest Gate Road. (Information from Mountain Empire Historical Society, Historic Campo Stone Store Museum).