Forgottonia Project highlights the people, history, and issues of rural Illinois

There was a movement in the 1960's and '70s to have the western part of the Illinois secede from the United States and make its own country called Forgottonia. The idea was that the region lacked the infrastructure investment other parts of the state were getting -- that it had been forgotten. Of course that did not happen, but you do still hear people using that name to describe the western region of the state. 

The Forgottonia Project was a podcast created by a social studies teacher and the incoming Dean of Students at Spoon River Valley High School in Fulton County. The goal is to teach students living in the Forgottonia region about the history of where they live and also to hear from rural voices that might otherwise be ignored. The teacher joins the program today as well as two students who participated in the project.

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Joe "Joey" Brewer 
Dean of Students, Spoon River Valley High School 
Host of The Forgottonia Project

Cadie Churchill 
Recent Graduate of Cuba High School

Courtney Churchill 
Recent Graduate of Cuba High School