The Ghost Town of "Jug Town, Illinois" *Podcast*

Come with us now as we explore the story of "Jug Town, Illinois" and a partial history of the Illinois and Michigan Canal (I & M) Canal
I & M Article:
C. C. A. (n.d.). I & M Canal Shaped History. Www.csu.edu. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from www.csu.edu/cerc/researchrepo...
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[@abuhannah07]

Born and raised in Quincy, IL here. You got it right it sounds like (El+uh+noy) bro.

[@midwestghosttown]

I had family who used to live in Quincy! We would share basketball stories. Apparently, basketball is a big part of that area. Maybe? Anyways, thank you for commenting - I appreciate any feedback from viewers/listeners it's all good. Have a great weekend!

[@abuhannah07]

@@midwestghosttown Ya high school basketball is a BFD. Quincy High won the state championship in 1934 and 1981. I was a kid during the 81 run, I remember the excitement around it.

[@alison5009]

I lived in IL and lived there through my 20s. I didn’t even realize or hear the difference! I say IL, but I didn’t know people were getting upset about it.

[@georgelanders4271]

There's a certain "tribe" that says Ill-i-noise.....and yeah they are a noisy bunch🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@midwestghosttown]

@@georgelanders4271 🤣

[@peacenik4168]

Ok I agree- ''let's keep History alive''...I'm a Life-long Illinois citizen and appreciate your very interesting content (not enough people realize how important accepting our 'past' is to navigate our future!)- posts like yours are very needed. But PLEASE if you're not AI Voice-- please learn to pronounce ''Illinois'' properly...it's NOT ''ELinois'', it's ILLINOIS. Thanks!!!

[@midwestghosttown]

Thank you for the content compliments. I'll work on your pronunciation 😉 wasn't intending to offend with my word variation of Ih to El (I hear it from my Wisconsin friends as well..the Wih and Weh). I'm hearing you and will try and be more mindful of it. Thank you for following, and your constructive criticism. I appreciate you.

[@ajstramaski6211]

And please don’t pronounce the S either. A transplant to IL here and nothing drives me more crazy. But for some reason Illini is weird for me. I’d rather say Illinoisan. Lol. But I knew someone who said it Ill ee nee.

[@midwestghosttown]

@@ajstramaski6211for sure! I suppose it's the same as people pronouncing Des Moines ...Dez Moinz 😉