Musician Ivas John will perform at the Robert Wadlow Statue, located at 2810 College Ave, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17. Born as a first generation Lithuanian American in Chicago, John's earliest ...

The Argosy Casino Alton will host a Food and Beverage Job Fair starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10. Participants are asked to meet in the Annex Building on 410 Piasa St. On-the-spot interviews ...

Alton, Illinois might just be the affordable breath of fresh air ... Standing tall in Alton’s history: This statue commemorates Robert Wadlow, whose extraordinary height matched only by the town’s ...

Enter Alton, Illinois – the riverside charmer that delivers big memories ... Photo credit: Dr. Mohammad Shamsuddoha The Robert Wadlow statue commemorates Alton’s famous “Giant,” standing at 8 feet 11 ...

Megan Zilm of Godfrey dances with her 9-month-old daughter Lucy during the Robert Wadlow Birthday Party at the Old Bakery Beer Co. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. Alton area residents enjoyed a tall ...

Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was a man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is ...

Robert Pershing Wadlow was known as the 'Alton Giant' having been born in Alton, Illinois in 1918. Aged 22 at the time of his death in 1940, he was measured at 8 feet 11.1 inches (2.72 meters).

“Alton, Illinois, the hometown of jazz musician ... Alton is also rich in history from the Robert Wadlow Statue all the way across town to the downtown area to the great scenic byway and up ...

Robert Wadlow's cause of height was ascribed to pituitary gigantism ... Sixteen pallbearers carried his coffin as thousands of people came to Alton, Illinois, to mourn his death. His family sealed his ...

On February 22, 1918, Addie Wadlow gave birth to an 8.7-pound baby named Robert Pershing Wadlow in Alton, Illinois. Like any other baby, Robert Wadlow began to grow over the course of his first year ...

[slideshow:1727105536491]I grew up listening to the tales of a very tall man named Robert. My maternal Grandfather, Charles William Wadlow, as the sto ...

Missouri to Alton, Illinois. We visited the history museum, the infamous life-sized statue, and perhaps the resting place of Robert Wadlow, although I do not recall the latter. I marveled at the ...