Alton, Illinois - July 22, 2005
First Illinois stop - Alton.
Into Illinois on US 67.
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Just missed the welcome sign.
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Stop in Alton at the Robert Pershing Wadlow statue -- here's his story.
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Wadlow's birth house.
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Actual-size replica of his chair.
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Actual size statue of Mr. Wadlow.
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Total strangers for scale.
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Nearby, there is a tooth carved from a tree stump, appropriate since this is on the campus of a dental school.
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Lincoln and Douglas stayed here.
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The Piasa bird just north of Alton.
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Caves (from mining, not natural) near the Piasa Bird.
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