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October 30, 2021
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It was birthplace and home of the tallest man who ever lived, Robert Wadlow (8' 11.1"), and a life-size statue commemorates him there.
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The murder in Alton of Elijah Lovejoy in 1837 for publishing an anti-slavery newspaper caused outrage in the North and helped eventually precipitate the American Civil War. Residents of Missouri crossed the river to execute their crim
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In the first part of the 1800s, Alton was more significant than nearby St. Louis, and in 1858 was the location for one of the famous debates between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. At the turn of the century into 1901,
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