Alton (/ˈɔːltən/ AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St. Louis, Missouri...

East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010. East Alton was...

(February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American advertiser who was the tallest person in...

Telegraph is an American daily newspaper published seven days a week in Alton, Illinois, serving the St. Louis Metro-East region. It was owned by Civitas Media...

The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri...

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in its history, the village was a railway town along the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad. In the 19th century, industry in the town included milling of...

Alton Regional Multimodal Transportation Center, also known as Alton station, is a station in Alton, Illinois, that is served by Amtrak's Lincoln Service...

The Alton Museum of History and Art, sometimes known as the Robert Wadlow Museum, in Alton, Illinois was founded in 1971 as a not for profit organization...

end of a chain of limestone bluffs in Madison County, Illinois, at present-day Alton, Illinois. The original Piasa illustration no longer exists; a newer...

Anderson was raised in Alton, Illinois. When he was a teenager, his father died of a heart attack and his mother remarried. He attended Alton High School and...

Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and is directly across Alton, Illinois. A post office called West Alton has been in operation since 1895. The community was...

Argosy Casino Alton is a riverboat casino located in Alton, Illinois, in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties...

attacks, Lovejoy decided to move across the river to Alton in Illinois, a free state. However, Alton was also tied to the Mississippi River economy, easily...

officer, Lieutenant Earl Clark. Ray was born on March 10, 1928, in Alton, Illinois, the son of George Ellis Ray and Lucille Ray (née Maher). He had Irish...

2000 census. Alton Township was organized in 1866, and named after Alton, Illinois. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total...

stylistic developments in jazz. Born into an upper-middle-class family in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, Davis started on the trumpet in his...

worked on historiography and the theory of art history. Born in 1944 in Alton, Illinois, the daughter of Peggy and George Mueller, Holly worked at the Wesleyan...

The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois, built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and closed in 1857. During...

of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1947 to 1955, and from 1963 to 1975. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served on the Alton City Council...

without parole and 140 years, respectively. Alton Coleman was born on November 6, 1955, in Waukegan, Illinois. His mother worked three jobs, and he lived...

law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Illinois and settled in Alton in 1832 and again engaged in mercantile pursuits. Smith was...

stage actress best known for her roles in B movies. Hughes was born in Alton, Illinois. Her parents, George Joseph Hughes and Mary Frances Hughes, separated...

Illinois are known historically as Little Egypt. Southern Illinois' most populated city is Belleville at 44,478. Other principal cities include Alton...

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routing. The first crossing is at West Alton, Missouri, where US 67 uses the Clark Bridge to reach Alton, Illinois. About 240 miles (390 km) to the north...

of Elijah Parish Lovejoy. It is located at 2705 College Avenue in Alton, Illinois. It was built in 1834–1835 by Henry Caswell and John Higham. It was...

Newspapers.com. "Funeral For Gang Chief Set Thursday". Alton Evening Telegraph. Alton, Illinois. July 7, 1964. p. 15. Retrieved October 8, 2016 – via Newspapers...

feature-length film, shot in Alton, Illinois (1999) Steel City - feature-length film, shot in Alton, East Alton, Godfrey, and Jerseyville, Illinois (2006) The Lucky...

Patriots before re-signing with the Cowboys in 2024. Elliott was born in Alton, Illinois, to a mother and father who were both athletes in college. His mother...