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Alton, Illinois
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Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 mi north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
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TRANSPORTATIONWann Railroad Disaster
MILITARYAlton National Cemetery
HISTORYElijah Parish Lovejoy
HISTORYFreedom's Martyr
MILITARYThe Cost of Freedom
HISTORYCollege Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Old Rock House
HISTORYElijah Parish Lovejoy
HISTORYElijah Parish Lovejoy
HISTORYRobert Pershing Wadlow
MILITARYIn Remembrance - Wood River Massacre - July 10, 1814
HISTORYAlton Museum of History and Art
MILITARYVeterans Memorial Fountain
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