Robert Pershing Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
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“Court Records.According to the Alton Evening Telegraph (AltonIL) Friday, , page 18: “Brimbery – Mrs. Alma Kowl Brimbery, 57, a former Alton area resident, of 709 Cedar Lake Ave., Lake Villa, Ill., died Aug. 6 at the McHenry Hospital there following a lengthy illness.
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Alton sinkhole still unfixed a year later, sparking debate and local lore | Joe Crawford. The Earth moved Alton, and one local is still searching for solid ground after sinkhole. By Joe Crawford, For The TelegraphJuly 12, 2025.
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Alton Weekly Telegraph is recognized as the best local and general paper in Southern Illinois. As a family journal it ranks with the ablest weekly papers in the coun¬ try.
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I could find no Telegraphobituaryfor him. The Sacramental Records of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, however, show that a Franciscus (Latin for Francis) McKeon was given a funeral Mass at Alton’s cathedral — Saints Peter and Paul Church — and buried in 1869.
Farmer Gary Machens discovered an ancient tunnel beneath his house in West Alton, Illinois. He found it after the sidewalk beside his house collapsed, revealing an archway that led to a cavernous space.
