Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man according to the Guinness Book of Records, was born on Feb. 22, 1918. The native of Alton, Ill. had a last recorded height of 8' 11.1" The President of the Alton ...

Feb. 22, 2018, marks the centennial of the birth of Robert Wadlow, the tallest man who ever lived, and a lifelong resident of Alton. Wadlow was normal size at birth, but a growth on his pituitary ...

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 23, 2008 - As his first assignment for the Alton Evening Telegraph, my grandfather, Robert Graul, took a photo of Alton High School's Class of ...

Pictured is the newest addition to the Piasa Gallery at the Alton Museum of History and Art. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday. Appropriately Robert Wadlow — the “Gentle Giant” who, at 8 ...

ALTON – If the pituitary pace continued all 100 years for Robert Wadlow, Alton’s gentle giant would tower around 40 feet tall. Thursday marks that 100th birthday, as Altonians and well beyond reflect ...