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    Alton is a city in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 100. Alton was founded in 1870 as Bull...
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  • a city Alton, Kansas, a city Alton, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Alton, Maine, a town Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota Alton, Missouri...
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    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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  • The IOOF Lodge in Alton, Kansas was built in 1885. It served historically as a business and as a meeting hall. It was listed on the National Register...
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    the all-time highest temperature recorded in Kansas is (121 °F or 49.4 °C) on July 24, 1936, near Alton in Osborne County, and the all-time low is −40 °F...
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  • Bruce Goff (category Architects from Kansas)
    to the farm town of Alton, Kansas, where their son Bruce was born on June 8, 1904. Life was very difficult for the Goffs in Alton, so they moved south...
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    July 18, 1936, Fredonia set the Kansas record high temperature of 121 °F. This record was later tied by Alton, Kansas. In late June and early July 2007...
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    Gateway Western Railway (category Predecessors of the Kansas City Southern Railway)
    miles of former Chicago and Alton Railroad track between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. It also operated between Kansas City, Missouri, and Springfield...
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    spearheaded by the Kansas City Terminal Railway, a switching and terminal railroad that was a joint operation of these railroads: Alton; Atchison, Topeka...
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    Russell Stover (category People from Osborne County, Kansas)
    factory in Denver and another one in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1931, the company moved its headquarters to Kansas City. During the 1940s, the name of the...
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    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...
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    The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U...
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  • it may refer to: IOOF Lodge (Alton, Kansas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Osborne County, Kansas Odd Fellows Lodge (Bel Air, Maryland)...
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    Runner. The Alton Railroad inaugurated the Ann Rutledge in 1937 as a companion to the Abraham Lincoln over the St. Louis–Chicago route. The Alton named the...
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  • Maxine Alton (born Belle Trompeter) was an American screenwriter, playwright, talent agent, and actress from Willis, Kansas. She was also credited as Maxie...
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    Elijah Parish Lovejoy (category People from Alton, Illinois)
    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...
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  • Roy Alton Lee (born 24 May 1931) is professor emeritus of history at the University of South Dakota, where he taught American history. After retiring...
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  • Alton Delmore (December 25, 1908 – June 9, 1964) and Rabon Delmore (December 3, 1916 – December 4, 1952), billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country...
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    Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2023 United States Census estimate its population is 2,940,546 and Kansas...
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    at Wikimedia Commons See also Media related to Odd Fellows buildings in Kansas at Wikimedia Commons See also Media related to Odd Fellows buildings in...
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  • Marc Sappington (category People convicted of murder by Kansas)
    in March and April 2001 in Kansas City, Kansas. He gained notoriety for eating part of the leg of one of his victims, Alton "Fred" Brown. Lawyers for Sappington...
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    Lincoln–Douglas debates (category Alton, Illinois)
    Quincy, and at the last one, in Alton, 5,000 to 10,000. The debates near Illinois's borders (Freeport, Quincy, and Alton) drew large numbers of people from...
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  • Len Dugan (category Players of American football from Kansas)
    Wichita State University and attended McCracken High School in McCracken, Kansas. "LEN DUGAN". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on August...
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    in Kansas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1861, Kansas has participated in every U.S. presidential election. As of 2020, Kansas has...
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    Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 – May 10, 1926) was an American judge. He was the Democratic nominee in the 1904 United States presidential election...
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  • Lodge (Alton, Kansas), listed on the NRHP in Osborne County, Kansas Inman I.O.O.F. Hall, Inman, Kansas, listed on the NRHP in McPherson County, Kansas Odd...
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    between Alton and Lincoln, Illinois and was projected to cost $98 million. The construction on this stretch began on September 17, 2010, in Alton and was...
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    & Pacific Railroad Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago and Alton Railroad Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway...
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    Atchison is a city and county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city...
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    Louis. Traveling between Kansas City and St Louis required the General Pershing Zephyr to operate on tracks owned by the Alton Railroad, officially making...
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