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- Forgottonia abstract "Forgottonia (also spelled Forgotonia) is the name given to a 16-county region in Western Illinois in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This geographic region forms the distinctive western bulge of Illinois that is roughly equivalent to "The Tract", the Illinois portion of the Military Tract of 1812, along and west of the Fourth Principal Meridian (see Principal meridian). Since this wedge-shaped region lies between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, it has historically been isolated (river bridge access) from the eastern portion of Central Illinois.The name Forgottonia was created by Jack Horn, son of civically minded Coca-Cola regional bottler Frank “Pappy” Horn; John Armstrong, Macomb Chamber of Commerce Board Member; and Neil Gamm, a Western Illinois University theatre student and a graduate of VIT (Vermont-Ipava-Table Grove) High School. The initiative grew from frustration among the citizens and public officials of western Illinois due to the lack of support for regional transportation and infrastructure projects. Federal funding for a highway from Chicago to Kansas City routed through the heart of western Illinois was defeated by the U.S. Congress (1955, 1968, 1972), passenger rail service from Quincy and Macomb to Chicago was dropped in 1970. Carthage College packed up and moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1964.The term Forgottonia was used again in 1980s by Congressman Dick Durbin, who represented the southern portion of the region, in stump speeches as he ran as a Democrat for the U.S. House of Representatives seat. He expanded the definition to include communications (educational television, fiber-optic routes, etc.) and infrastructure services (private and public). While the region's name is less popular today, the exodus of population and industries has continued. Some counties in this region have reached federal poverty levels, for the first time in the state's history.In the 1970s, there were six Illinois River highway bridge crossings south of Peoria (Pekin, Havana, Beardstown, Meredosia, Florence, and Hardin), plus two free Illinois River ferries at Kampsville, and Brussels. The Valley City Eagle bridge for the Central Illinois Expressway in the southern section of the region was not completed until the late 1980s. There were issues with eagles nesting in the Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area, through which the highway passes. The Mississippi River highways bridges at that time were Toll bridges with a few exceptions, and owned by railroads or cities along the river. The one toll ferry across Mississippi River at Canton, Missouri serves Adams County, Illinois.".
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Catholic_University.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Cedar_Falls,_Iowa.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Donnellson,_Iowa.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1968.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Florence,_Illinois.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Franciscan.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Galesburg,_Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Gary,_Indiana.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Greene_County,_Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Gulfport,_Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Hancock_County,_Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Hardin,_Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Havana,_Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Henderson_County,_Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink History_(TV_channel).
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink How_the_States_Got_Their_Shapes.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Illinois.
- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Illinois_College.
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- Forgottonia wikiPageWikiLink Illinois_General_Assembly.
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