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LIKE THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ITS FEET, THIS TOWN HAS CHARTED ITS OWN COURSE THROUGH RIVER AT ITS FEET, THIS TOWN HAS CHARTED ITS OWN COURSE THROUGH HISTORY. CHARTED ITS OWN COURSE THROUGH HISTORY. HERE THE STREETS STILL WHISPER HISTORY. HERE THE STREETS STILL WHISPER OF HEROIC DEEDS IN AN AREA WHERE HERE THE STREETS STILL WHISPER OF HEROIC DEEDS IN AN AREA WHERE LEGENDS HAVE TINGLED OF HEROIC DEEDS IN AN AREA WHERE LEGENDS HAVE TINGLED IMAGINATIONS FOR CENTURIES. LEGENDS HAVE TINGLED IMAGINATIONS FOR CENTURIES. HELLO. IMAGINATIONS FOR CENTURIES. HELLO. I AM JIM WILHELM. HELLO. I AM JIM WILHELM. TODAY THE HOMES BUILT BY THE I AM JIM WILHELM. TODAY THE HOMES BUILT BY THE CAPTAINS OF RIVER BOATS AND TODAY THE HOMES BUILT BY THE CAPTAINS OF RIVER BOATS AND INDUSTRY STILL LINE THE BLUFFS CAPTAINS OF RIVER BOATS AND INDUSTRY STILL LINE THE BLUFFS OF ALTON. INDUSTRY STILL LINE THE BLUFFS OF ALTON. LONG BEFORE THESE WERE HERE, OF ALTON. LONG BEFORE THESE WERE HERE, THESE WERE HOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO LONG BEFORE THESE WERE HERE, THESE WERE HOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO LEFT BEHIND A LEGEND OF A THESE WERE HOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO LEFT BEHIND A LEGEND OF A DIFFERENT SORT. ONCE THE BLUFFS THAT LINED THE RIVER WERE POPULATED BY THE ILLINI INDIAN. RIVER WERE POPULATED BY THE ILLINI INDIAN. THE MANY LEGENDS HANDED DOWN THE ILLINI INDIAN. THE MANY LEGENDS HANDED DOWN THE MOST PROFOUND TOLD IS TOLD OF A THE MANY LEGENDS HANDED DOWN THE MOST PROFOUND TOLD IS TOLD OF A MONSTER BIRD, A STORY WHICH MOST PROFOUND TOLD IS TOLD OF A MONSTER BIRD, A STORY WHICH INSPIRED TRIBES MEMBERS TO PAINT MONSTER BIRD, A STORY WHICH INSPIRED TRIBES MEMBERS TO PAINT RENDITION OF THE CREATURE ON INSPIRED TRIBES MEMBERS TO PAINT RENDITION OF THE CREATURE ON ROCKS ABOVE THE RIVER. RENDITION OF THE CREATURE ON ROCKS ABOVE THE RIVER. IT WAS SUCH A STARTLING IMAGE ROCKS ABOVE THE RIVER. IT WAS SUCH A STARTLING IMAGE THAT THE FRENCH EXPLORER PIERRE IT WAS SUCH A STARTLING IMAGE THAT THE FRENCH EXPLORER PIERRE MARQUETTE INCLUDED A DESCRIPTION THAT THE FRENCH EXPLORER PIERRE MARQUETTE INCLUDED A DESCRIPTION OF IT IN HIS JOURNAL OF 1673. MARQUETTE INCLUDED A DESCRIPTION OF IT IN HIS JOURNAL OF 1673. HE SAID IT HAD HORNS LIKE A OF IT IN HIS JOURNAL OF 1673. HE SAID IT HAD HORNS LIKE A DEER, RED EYES, BEARD LIKE A HE SAID IT HAD HORNS LIKE A DEER, RED EYES, BEARD LIKE A LION, THE FACE OF A MAN, AND THE DEER, RED EYES, BEARD LIKE A LION, THE FACE OF A MAN, AND THE BODY COVERED WITH SCALES. LION, THE FACE OF A MAN, AND THE BODY COVERED WITH SCALES. THE NATIVES CALLED IT THE PIASA, BODY COVERED WITH SCALES. THE NATIVES CALLED IT THE PIASA, WHICH MEANS THE BIRD THAT THE NATIVES CALLED IT THE PIASA, WHICH MEANS THE BIRD THAT DEVOURS MEN. WHICH MEANS THE BIRD THAT DEVOURS MEN. FROM MARQUETTE'S DESCRIPTION, DEVOURS MEN. FROM MARQUETTE'S DESCRIPTION, VOLUNTEERS HAVE RECREATED THE FROM MARQUETTE'S DESCRIPTION, VOLUNTEERS HAVE RECREATED THE IMAGE OF THE DRAGON LIKE BIRD. VOLUNTEERS HAVE RECREATED THE IMAGE OF THE DRAGON LIKE BIRD. INTERESTINGLY, THIS IS THE ONLY IMAGE OF THE DRAGON LIKE BIRD. INTERESTINGLY, THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE PIASA INTERESTINGLY, THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE PIASA WAS EVER REPORTED WHICH LEADS PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE PIASA WAS EVER REPORTED WHICH LEADS SOME SCHOLARS TO DOUBT THE WAS EVER REPORTED WHICH LEADS SOME SCHOLARS TO DOUBT THE JOURNAL ENTRY AND THE PAINTINGS' SOME SCHOLARS TO DOUBT THE JOURNAL ENTRY AND THE PAINTINGS' EXISTENCE. JOURNAL ENTRY AND THE PAINTINGS' EXISTENCE. TODAY THIS AREA IS BEING EXISTENCE. TODAY THIS AREA IS BEING CONVERTED INTO A PARK, AND TODAY THIS AREA IS BEING CONVERTED INTO A PARK, AND EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE SIGNS CONVERTED INTO A PARK, AND EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE SIGNS WHICH TELL THE STORY OF THE EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE SIGNS WHICH TELL THE STORY OF THE ILLINI AND THE PIASA LEGEND. WHICH TELL THE STORY OF THE ILLINI AND THE PIASA LEGEND. THIS IS ALSO THE BEGINNING OF A ILLINI AND THE PIASA LEGEND. THIS IS ALSO THE BEGINNING OF A PICTURESQUE BIKE TRAIL WHICH THIS IS ALSO THE BEGINNING OF A PICTURESQUE BIKE TRAIL WHICH LEADS ALONG THE FOOT OF THE PICTURESQUE BIKE TRAIL WHICH LEADS ALONG THE FOOT OF THE BLUFFS TO THE TOWN OF GRAPHTON. LEADS ALONG THE FOOT OF THE BLUFFS TO THE TOWN OF GRAPHTON. >> WE MOVE NOW FROM A LEGEND TO BLUFFS TO THE TOWN OF GRAPHTON. >> WE MOVE NOW FROM A LEGEND TO A HERO. >> WE MOVE NOW FROM A LEGEND TO A HERO. ACROSS TOWN, STANDS THIS A HERO. ACROSS TOWN, STANDS THIS MEMORIAL WHICH MARKS THE FINAL ACROSS TOWN, STANDS THIS MEMORIAL WHICH MARKS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF A LOCAL MEMORIAL WHICH MARKS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF A LOCAL NEWSPAPER EDITOR AND MINISTER. RESTING PLACE OF A LOCAL NEWSPAPER EDITOR AND MINISTER. IT CAN ALSO BE SAID THAT THIS NEWSPAPER EDITOR AND MINISTER. IT CAN ALSO BE SAID THAT THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE IT CAN ALSO BE SAID THAT THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE VIOLENCE THAT WOULD RIP OUR MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE VIOLENCE THAT WOULD RIP OUR NATION APART. VIOLENCE THAT WOULD RIP OUR NATION APART. THE REVEREND ELIJAH LOVEJOY USED NATION APART. THE REVEREND ELIJAH LOVEJOY USED HIS PRESS AND PULPIT VERY WELL THE REVEREND ELIJAH LOVEJOY USED HIS PRESS AND PULPIT VERY WELL IN HIS CRUSADE AGAINST SLAVERY. HIS PRESS AND PULPIT VERY WELL IN HIS CRUSADE AGAINST SLAVERY. SO WELL, IN FACT, HE WAS DRIVEN IN HIS CRUSADE AGAINST SLAVERY. SO WELL, IN FACT, HE WAS DRIVEN OUT OF THE PRO SLAVERY STATE OF SO WELL, IN FACT, HE WAS DRIVEN OUT OF THE PRO SLAVERY STATE OF MISSOURI, ACROSS THE RIVER INTO OUT OF THE PRO SLAVERY STATE OF MISSOURI, ACROSS THE RIVER INTO ILLINOIS. MISSOURI, ACROSS THE RIVER INTO ILLINOIS. THREE OF HIS PRESSES WERE ILLINOIS. THREE OF HIS PRESSES WERE DESTROYED. THREE OF HIS PRESSES WERE DESTROYED. HE WAS DETERMINED NOT TO LET IT DESTROYED. HE WAS DETERMINED NOT TO LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. HE WAS DETERMINED NOT TO LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. ON NOVEMBER 7, 1837, A MOB HAPPEN AGAIN. ON NOVEMBER 7, 1837, A MOB ASALED HIS PRINT SHOP. ON NOVEMBER 7, 1837, A MOB ASALED HIS PRINT SHOP. DURING THE CONFRONTATION, ASALED HIS PRINT SHOP. DURING THE CONFRONTATION, LOVEJOY WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES, AND DURING THE CONFRONTATION, LOVEJOY WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES, AND HIS LAST PRESS WAS SUNK IN THE LOVEJOY WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES, AND HIS LAST PRESS WAS SUNK IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PROTESTS MEETINGS FLARED UP IN THE NORTH, EMOTIONS SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS INTO THE OPEN. THE NORTH, EMOTIONS SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS INTO THE OPEN. LOVEJOY'S BROTHER, KNEELING AT ILLINOIS INTO THE OPEN. LOVEJOY'S BROTHER, KNEELING AT THE BODY, SWORE TO CONTINUE THE LOVEJOY'S BROTHER, KNEELING AT THE BODY, SWORE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT, AND HE DID. THE BODY, SWORE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT, AND HE DID. YEARS LATER, AS CONGRESSMAN, FIGHT, AND HE DID. YEARS LATER, AS CONGRESSMAN, OLIN LOVEJOY WAS CHOSEN TO YEARS LATER, AS CONGRESSMAN, OLIN LOVEJOY WAS CHOSEN TO SUBMIT THE EMANCIPATION OLIN LOVEJOY WAS CHOSEN TO SUBMIT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO LINCOLN FOR HIS SUBMIT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO LINCOLN FOR HIS SIGNATURE. PROCLAMATION TO LINCOLN FOR HIS SIGNATURE. DUE TO FEARS OF GRAVE ROBBERY, SIGNATURE. DUE TO FEARS OF GRAVE ROBBERY, LOVEJOY'S BODY WAS HIDDEN UNTIL DUE TO FEARS OF GRAVE ROBBERY, LOVEJOY'S BODY WAS HIDDEN UNTIL THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT 32 YEARS LOVEJOY'S BODY WAS HIDDEN UNTIL THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT 32 YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT 32 YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. TODAY, AS QUIET DEMEANOR STANDS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. TODAY, AS QUIET DEMEANOR STANDS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE TODAY, AS QUIET DEMEANOR STANDS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE VIOLENCE AND EXPLOSIVE ANGER IN IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE VIOLENCE AND EXPLOSIVE ANGER IN WHICH IT WAS BORN. THIS IS ONE OF THE TOWN'S OLDEST CEMETERIES, AND IT REMINDS ME OF MOTHER LEGEND TSMS RUMORED THE CEMETERIES, AND IT REMINDS ME OF MOTHER LEGEND TSMS RUMORED THE FAMOUS PIRATE, JACQUES LE FEET MOTHER LEGEND TSMS RUMORED THE FAMOUS PIRATE, JACQUES LE FEET IS BARED SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA. FAMOUS PIRATE, JACQUES LE FEET IS BARED SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA. >> WE ARE TOLD THAT WITH HIS IS BARED SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA. >> WE ARE TOLD THAT WITH HIS LOUISIANA CONTACTS AND HIS >> WE ARE TOLD THAT WITH HIS LOUISIANA CONTACTS AND HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES, LOUISIANA CONTACTS AND HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES, HE SET UP A FUR COMPANY DEALING ABILITY TO SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES, HE SET UP A FUR COMPANY DEALING WITH THE FRENCH TRAPPERS IN THIS HE SET UP A FUR COMPANY DEALING WITH THE FRENCH TRAPPERS IN THIS REGION. WITH THE FRENCH TRAPPERS IN THIS REGION. LEGEND HAS IT THAT ON A VISIT REGION. LEGEND HAS IT THAT ON A VISIT HERE, HE CONTRACTED PNEUMONIA LEGEND HAS IT THAT ON A VISIT HERE, HE CONTRACTED PNEUMONIA AND DIED. ONE THING THAT IS NOT A LEGEND IS THE OLD JAIL. ALTON WAS THE SITE OF ILLINOIS' IS THE OLD JAIL. ALTON WAS THE SITE OF ILLINOIS' FIRST PENITENTIARY. ALTON WAS THE SITE OF ILLINOIS' FIRST PENITENTIARY. ERECTED IN 1830 IT CON CONSISTS FIRST PENITENTIARY. ERECTED IN 1830 IT CON CONSISTS OF 256 CELLS SURROUNDING A ERECTED IN 1830 IT CON CONSISTS OF 256 CELLS SURROUNDING A COURTYARD WHERE PRISONERS OF 256 CELLS SURROUNDING A COURTYARD WHERE PRISONERS SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR MADE COURTYARD WHERE PRISONERS SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR MADE LIMESTONE STEPS AND HITCHING SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR MADE LIMESTONE STEPS AND HITCHING POSTS. LIMESTONE STEPS AND HITCHING POSTS. DUE TO POOR SANITARY CONDITIONS POSTS. DUE TO POOR SANITARY CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC PRESSURE, IT WAS DUE TO POOR SANITARY CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC PRESSURE, IT WAS CLOSED IN 1857. AND PUBLIC PRESSURE, IT WAS CLOSED IN 1857. BUT THE CIVIL WAR CREATED THE CLOSED IN 1857. BUT THE CIVIL WAR CREATED THE NEED FOR MORE PRISONER OF WAR BUT THE CIVIL WAR CREATED THE NEED FOR MORE PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS, SO THE PRISON WAS NEED FOR MORE PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS, SO THE PRISON WAS REOPENED. TODAY ALL THAT CAMPS, SO THE PRISON WAS REOPENED. TODAY ALL THAT REMAINS OF THAT COMPLEX IS THIS REOPENED. TODAY ALL THAT REMAINS OF THAT COMPLEX IS THIS SMALL CORNER. REMAINS OF THAT COMPLEX IS THIS SMALL CORNER. IT WAS A DEVIL ISH CONFINEMENT, SMALL CORNER. IT WAS A DEVIL ISH CONFINEMENT, CELLS THAT MEASURED FOUR BY IT WAS A DEVIL ISH CONFINEMENT, CELLS THAT MEASURED FOUR BY SEVEN FEET HELD SIX MEN WITH CELLS THAT MEASURED FOUR BY SEVEN FEET HELD SIX MEN WITH TRIPLE BUNKS CROWDING THE SEVEN FEET HELD SIX MEN WITH TRIPLE BUNKS CROWDING THE HALLWAYS. TRIPLE BUNKS CROWDING THE HALLWAYS. FUNK FA SILL TILL WAS DESIGN HALLWAYS. FUNK FA SILL TILL WAS DESIGN TODAY HOUSE 1500 INMATES. FUNK FA SILL TILL WAS DESIGN TODAY HOUSE 1500 INMATES. WAR PRISONER OF WAR POPULATION TODAY HOUSE 1500 INMATES. WAR PRISONER OF WAR POPULATION WAS MAINTAINED AT 5,000. WAR PRISONER OF WAR POPULATION WAS MAINTAINED AT 5,000. >> DISEASES, INCLUDING THE WAS MAINTAINED AT 5,000. >> DISEASES, INCLUDING THE DEADLY SMALLPOX AND RUBELLA WERE >> DISEASES, INCLUDING THE DEADLY SMALLPOX AND RUBELLA WERE EPIDEMIC. DEADLY SMALLPOX AND RUBELLA WERE EPIDEMIC. AT ITS HEIGHT, IT IS ESTIMATED EPIDEMIC. AT ITS HEIGHT, IT IS ESTIMATED EIGHT MEN PER DAY DIED, AND AT ITS HEIGHT, IT IS ESTIMATED EIGHT MEN PER DAY DIED, AND STILL THE PRISONERS KEPT COMING. EIGHT MEN PER DAY DIED, AND STILL THE PRISONERS KEPT COMING. BY THE END OF THE WAR, THESE STILL THE PRISONERS KEPT COMING. BY THE END OF THE WAR, THESE WALLS HAD CONTAINED 11,000 BY THE END OF THE WAR, THESE WALLS HAD CONTAINED 11,000 PRISONERS. WALLS HAD CONTAINED 11,000 PRISONERS. AFTERWARDS, THE FA SILL AT THIS PRISONERS. AFTERWARDS, THE FA SILL AT THIS WERE DOORN TOWN. AFTERWARDS, THE FA SILL AT THIS WERE DOORN TOWN. >> NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE WERE DOORN TOWN. >> NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE REMAINING WALLS IS THIS MEMORIAL >> NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE REMAINING WALLS IS THIS MEMORIAL WHICH TOWERS OVER THE MASS REMAINING WALLS IS THIS MEMORIAL WHICH TOWERS OVER THE MASS GRAVES WHERE THE SOLDIERS WERE WHICH TOWERS OVER THE MASS GRAVES WHERE THE SOLDIERS WERE BURIED. GRAVES WHERE THE SOLDIERS WERE BURIED. THIS IS THE NORTHERN MOST BURIED. THIS IS THE NORTHERN MOST CONFEDERATE MONUMENT IN THE THIS IS THE NORTHERN MOST CONFEDERATE MONUMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS PLACED HERE BY THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS PLACED HERE BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. IT WAS PLACED HERE BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. ON ITS SIDE ARE THE NAMES OF ALL DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. ON ITS SIDE ARE THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE MEN KNOWN TO HAVE DIED ON ITS SIDE ARE THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE MEN KNOWN TO HAVE DIED HERE IN ALTON. THERE ARE 1,534 NAMES LISTED ON THE PLAQUE WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE STATE FROM WHICH THEY CAME THE PLAQUE WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE STATE FROM WHICH THEY CAME AND THE UNIT IN WHICH THEY THE STATE FROM WHICH THEY CAME AND THE UNIT IN WHICH THEY SERVED. AND THE UNIT IN WHICH THEY SERVED. TODAY THESE NAMES ARE ON A DATA SERVED. TODAY THESE NAMES ARE ON A DATA BASE WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED TODAY THESE NAMES ARE ON A DATA BASE WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE INTERNET. IN 1831, THIS WAS THE ALTON SEMINARY, ONE OF THE FIRST COLLEGES ESTABLISHED WEST OF THE SEMINARY, ONE OF THE FIRST COLLEGES ESTABLISHED WEST OF THE ALEGHENY MOUNTAINS. COLLEGES ESTABLISHED WEST OF THE ALEGHENY MOUNTAINS. BEHIND ME IS THE OLDEST HIGHER ALEGHENY MOUNTAINS. BEHIND ME IS THE OLDEST HIGHER EDUCATION BUILD IN USE IN THE BEHIND ME IS THE OLDEST HIGHER EDUCATION BUILD IN USE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. EDUCATION BUILD IN USE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. TODAY IT IS HOME TO THE ALTON STATE OF ILLINOIS. TODAY IT IS HOME TO THE ALTON HOME OF NEW SEM OF HISTORY AND TODAY IT IS HOME TO THE ALTON HOME OF NEW SEM OF HISTORY AND ART. HOME OF NEW SEM OF HISTORY AND ART. INSIDE, IT TAKES VISITORS ART. INSIDE, IT TAKES VISITORS THROUGH THE RICH HISTORY FROM INSIDE, IT TAKES VISITORS THROUGH THE RICH HISTORY FROM THE TOWN, INCLUDING ARTIFACTS THROUGH THE RICH HISTORY FROM THE TOWN, INCLUDING ARTIFACTS FROM THE DAYS AS THE UNDERGROUND THE TOWN, INCLUDING ARTIFACTS FROM THE DAYS AS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD DURING THE CIVIL WAR. FROM THE DAYS AS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD DURING THE CIVIL WAR. PLUS THERE ARE EXHIBITS RAILROAD DURING THE CIVIL WAR. PLUS THERE ARE EXHIBITS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PROM PLUS THERE ARE EXHIBITS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PROM NAMENT INDUSTRIES THAT GREW UP HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PROM NAMENT INDUSTRIES THAT GREW UP ALONG THE RIVER. NAMENT INDUSTRIES THAT GREW UP ALONG THE RIVER. ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAS THE OWENS ALONG THE RIVER. ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAS THE OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY, WHICH AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAS THE OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY, WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS THE LARGEST ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY, WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF GLASS IN THE ONE TIME WAS THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF GLASS IN THE COUNTRY. MANUFACTURER OF GLASS IN THE COUNTRY. THE COMPANY BEGAN OPERATIONS IN COUNTRY. THE COMPANY BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1873 WITH 60 WORKERS. THE COMPANY BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1873 WITH 60 WORKERS. TWO YEARS LATER, IT HAD GROWN 1873 WITH 60 WORKERS. TWO YEARS LATER, IT HAD GROWN INTO FOUR MAIN FACTORIES WITH TWO YEARS LATER, IT HAD GROWN INTO FOUR MAIN FACTORIES WITH 600 EMPLOYEES. INTO FOUR MAIN FACTORIES WITH 600 EMPLOYEES. HERE ARE SOME OF THE BOTTLES 600 EMPLOYEES. HERE ARE SOME OF THE BOTTLES THEY MADE FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES HERE ARE SOME OF THE BOTTLES THEY MADE FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES INCLUDING LONG EYE BAND BOURBON THEY MADE FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES INCLUDING LONG EYE BAND BOURBON WHISKEY. INCLUDING LONG EYE BAND BOURBON WHISKEY. ONE OF THE FOUNDERS IS CREDITED WHISKEY. ONE OF THE FOUNDERS IS CREDITED WITH INVENTING THE GLASS ASHTRAY ONE OF THE FOUNDERS IS CREDITED WITH INVENTING THE GLASS ASHTRAY WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH WITH INVENTING THE GLASS ASHTRAY WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH HOTELS. WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH HOTELS. THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO HOTELS. THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO MUCH CHEAPER TO REPLACE THAN THE THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO MUCH CHEAPER TO REPLACE THAN THE BRASS TRAYS WHEN THE GUESTS MUCH CHEAPER TO REPLACE THAN THE BRASS TRAYS WHEN THE GUESTS BORROWED THEM! BRASS TRAYS WHEN THE GUESTS BORROWED THEM! IN ANOTHER ROOM, WE LEARNED BORROWED THEM! IN ANOTHER ROOM, WE LEARNED ABOUT A REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN IN ANOTHER ROOM, WE LEARNED ABOUT A REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN NAMED ROBERT WADLOW, HE WEIGHED ABOUT A REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN NAMED ROBERT WADLOW, HE WEIGHED 8 POUNDS 8 OUNCES AT BIRTH. NAMED ROBERT WADLOW, HE WEIGHED 8 POUNDS 8 OUNCES AT BIRTH. BY AGE FIVE, HE WEIGHED 8 POUNDS 8 OUNCES AT BIRTH. BY AGE FIVE, HE WEIGHED 180 POUNDS, AND STOOD OVER SIX BY AGE FIVE, HE WEIGHED 180 POUNDS, AND STOOD OVER SIX FEET TALL. THIS DESK WAS MADE FOR HIM IN THE THIRD GRADE. BY THAT TIME, HE WAS ALREADY THE THIRD GRADE. BY THAT TIME, HE WAS ALREADY WEARING MEN'S SUITS AND WAS TALL BY THAT TIME, HE WAS ALREADY WEARING MEN'S SUITS AND WAS TALL EN THAN TEACHER. WEARING MEN'S SUITS AND WAS TALL EN THAN TEACHER. BY AGE 19 HE HAD BECOME THE EN THAN TEACHER. BY AGE 19 HE HAD BECOME THE TALLEST MAN EVER IN RECORDED BY AGE 19 HE HAD BECOME THE TALLEST MAN EVER IN RECORDED HISTORY. TALLEST MAN EVER IN RECORDED HISTORY. ON DISPLAY IS HIS HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY. ON DISPLAY IS HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION GOWN MADE FROM ON DISPLAY IS HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION GOWN MADE FROM 14 YARDS OF MATERIAL AND IS SIZE GRADUATION GOWN MADE FROM 14 YARDS OF MATERIAL AND IS SIZE 85. 14 YARDS OF MATERIAL AND IS SIZE 85. HERE IS A REPLICA OF HIS RING 85. HERE IS A REPLICA OF HIS RING SIZE 25 NEXT TO A HALF DOLLAR. HERE IS A REPLICA OF HIS RING SIZE 25 NEXT TO A HALF DOLLAR. HIS SHOE SIZE WAS 37 AND A HALF SIZE 25 NEXT TO A HALF DOLLAR. HIS SHOE SIZE WAS 37 AND A HALF AA. HIS SHOE SIZE WAS 37 AND A HALF AA. THIS IS THE LAST OR THE MOLD AA. THIS IS THE LAST OR THE MOLD USED TO MAKE ROBERTS' SHOES. THIS IS THE LAST OR THE MOLD USED TO MAKE ROBERTS' SHOES. LIFE WAS HARD FOR HIM. USED TO MAKE ROBERTS' SHOES. LIFE WAS HARD FOR HIM. HE WANTED TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER. LIFE WAS HARD FOR HIM. HE WANTED TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER. HE WANTED TO PLAY THE GUITAR. HE WANTED TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER. HE WANTED TO PLAY THE GUITAR. BUT HIS HANDS WERE TOO LARGE. HE WANTED TO PLAY THE GUITAR. BUT HIS HANDS WERE TOO LARGE. HE WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT BUT HIS HANDS WERE TOO LARGE. HE WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT HE COULDN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO HE WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT HE COULDN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO GET BETWEEN CLASSES. HE COULDN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO GET BETWEEN CLASSES. AND IF HE FELL, HE HAD TO HAVE GET BETWEEN CLASSES. AND IF HE FELL, HE HAD TO HAVE ASSISTANCE TO GET UP. AND IF HE FELL, HE HAD TO HAVE ASSISTANCE TO GET UP. ROBERT WADLOW BECAME A ASSISTANCE TO GET UP. ROBERT WADLOW BECAME A REPRESENTATIVE FOR ST. LOUIS ROBERT WADLOW BECAME A REPRESENTATIVE FOR ST. LOUIS SHOE COMPANY. REPRESENTATIVE FOR ST. LOUIS SHOE COMPANY. HOWEVER, DURING ONE SALES TOUR, SHOE COMPANY. HOWEVER, DURING ONE SALES TOUR, THE ANKLE BRACE HE WORE FOR HOWEVER, DURING ONE SALES TOUR, THE ANKLE BRACE HE WORE FOR SUPPORT HAD A BLITER. THE ANKLE BRACE HE WORE FOR SUPPORT HAD A BLITER. IT BECAME INFECTED. SUPPORT HAD A BLITER. IT BECAME INFECTED. AT THE AGE OF 22, HE PASSED IT BECAME INFECTED. AT THE AGE OF 22, HE PASSED AWAY. AT THE AGE OF 22, HE PASSED AWAY. HE WAS 8 FEET, 11 INCHES TALL. AWAY. HE WAS 8 FEET, 11 INCHES TALL. BESIDES REMINDING VISITORS OF HE WAS 8 FEET, 11 INCHES TALL. BESIDES REMINDING VISITORS OF THE GENTLE GIANT, IT GIVES BESIDES REMINDING VISITORS OF THE GENTLE GIANT, IT GIVES VISITORS OVERVIEW OF THE TOWN'S THE GENTLE GIANT, IT GIVES VISITORS OVERVIEW OF THE TOWN'S HISTORY, THE EVENTS WHICH SHAPED VISITORS OVERVIEW OF THE TOWN'S HISTORY, THE EVENTS WHICH SHAPED IT, AND DEPARTURE POINT FROM HISTORY, THE EVENTS WHICH SHAPED IT, AND DEPARTURE POINT FROM WHICH TO GO EXPLORE THE SITES. WE ARE NOW AT THE LOCK AND DAM WHICH IS NOT ONLY GREAT PLACE FROM WHICH NOW AT THE LOCK AND DAM WHICH IS NOT ONLY GREAT PLACE FROM WHICH TO WATCH RIVER TRAFFIC, BUT FOR NOT ONLY GREAT PLACE FROM WHICH TO WATCH RIVER TRAFFIC, BUT FOR EAGLES AS WELL. TO WATCH RIVER TRAFFIC, BUT FOR EAGLES AS WELL. IN THE WINTERTIME, THEY HUNT EAGLES AS WELL. IN THE WINTERTIME, THEY HUNT FISH ALONG SWIRLING WATERS BELOW IN THE WINTERTIME, THEY HUNT FISH ALONG SWIRLING WATERS BELOW THE DAM. FISH ALONG SWIRLING WATERS BELOW THE DAM. ACROSS FROM THE LOCKS IS THIS THE DAM. ACROSS FROM THE LOCKS IS THIS BUILDING, HOME TO THE NATIONAL ACROSS FROM THE LOCKS IS THIS BUILDING, HOME TO THE NATIONAL GREAT RIVERS MUSEUM. BUILDING, HOME TO THE NATIONAL GREAT RIVERS MUSEUM. OPENING SOON AFTER OUR TAPING, GREAT RIVERS MUSEUM. OPENING SOON AFTER OUR TAPING, IT WILL BE A PLACE TO LEARN OPENING SOON AFTER OUR TAPING, IT WILL BE A PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI AND IT WILL BE A PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS WHICH MEET NOT ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS WHICH MEET NOT TOO FAR FROM ALTON. ILLINOIS RIVERS WHICH MEET NOT TOO FAR FROM ALTON. AS WE HAVE SEEP, THIS AREA HAS TOO FAR FROM ALTON. AS WE HAVE SEEP, THIS AREA HAS GENERATED SEVERAL LEGENDS. AS WE HAVE SEEP, THIS AREA HAS GENERATED SEVERAL LEGENDS. IT IS ALMOST AS IF THERE IS GENERATED SEVERAL LEGENDS. IT IS ALMOST AS IF THERE IS SOMETHING MYSTICAL ASSOCIATED IT IS ALMOST AS IF THERE IS SOMETHING MYSTICAL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE BLUFFS. SOMETHING MYSTICAL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE BLUFFS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT QUALITY WITH THESE BLUFFS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT QUALITY STILL EXISTS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT QUALITY STILL EXISTS. IN FACT, ALTON HAS BEEN CALLED STILL EXISTS. IN FACT, ALTON HAS BEEN CALLED THE MOST HAUNTED SMALL TOWN IN IN FACT, ALTON HAS BEEN CALLED THE MOST HAUNTED SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA. THE MOST HAUNTED SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA. EACH OCTOBER, THE TOWN HOSTS THE AMERICA. EACH OCTOBER, THE TOWN HOSTS THE VERY POPULAR HAUNTED HISTORICAL EACH OCTOBER, THE TOWN HOSTS THE VERY POPULAR HAUNTED HISTORICAL ALTON TOUR. VERY POPULAR HAUNTED HISTORICAL ALTON TOUR. ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS, THERE IS ALTON TOUR. ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS, THERE IS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOUR ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS, THERE IS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOUR WHICH VISITS HOMES KNOWN TO HAVE THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOUR WHICH VISITS HOMES KNOWN TO HAVE HARBORED SLAVES. WHICH VISITS HOMES KNOWN TO HAVE HARBORED SLAVES. PLUS THERE IS A SELF GUIDE HARBORED SLAVES. PLUS THERE IS A SELF GUIDE DRIVING TOUR. PLUS THERE IS A SELF GUIDE DRIVING TOUR. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF DRIVING TOUR. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE TOURS OR THE PLACES WE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE TOURS OR THE PLACES WE VISITED, CALL THE GREATER ALTON THESE TOURS OR THE PLACES WE VISITED, CALL THE GREATER ALTON TWIN RIVERS CONVENTION AND VISITED, CALL THE GREATER ALTON TWIN RIVERS CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU (618)465-6676.