History of Alton, Illinois, USA

Journey back in time to Alton, Illinois, USA

• 1854 - Alton
  Alton, a city and river port of Madison county, Illinois, on the Mississippi river, 21 miles above St. Louis, 3 miles above the mouth of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1857 - Destructive Fire At Alton, Ill.
  Chicago, Saturday, April 18. A destructive conflagration occurred at Alton, Ill. On Thursday, destroying the planing Mill of MORRISON & BEAL, the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1858 - Alton was the site of the last Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debate in October 1858.
  
  
  
•  1868 - Fire in Alton, Ill.
  Louisville, Ky., Tuesday,. Feb. 18. FLACKENECKER'S grocery-store, and three or four adjoining buildings in Alton, Ill., were burned on Sunday night....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1885 - DAMAGE BY FIERCE STORM. HOUSES WRECKED, CROPS INJURED, AND LIVES LOST.
  Alton, Ill., May 25. - This city was struck last night by a tornado, which burst from the southwest, sweeping across the river with terrific fury....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1893 - January 21 - Nine persons were killed, twelve fatally injured, and a hundred others burned by oil in a collision on the "Big Four" Road, near Alton, Ill.
  
  The World Almanac and Book of Facts, Volume 1894 Press Publishing Company. 1894
  
  
• 1895 - Alton
  Alton, all'ton, a handsome city and river port of Madison co., Ill., on the Mississippi River, 8 miles above the mouth of the Missouri, 25 miles...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Illini Island, Alton, Ill.
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  Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, Ill., 1908
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  Clifton Terrace Railroad Station, Alton, Ill.
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  The Elk's Club
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  Illini Hotel
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  Western Military Academy, Upper Alton, Ill.
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  Nazareth Home
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  St. Joseph's Hospital
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  Three Pagodas on the Bluffs, Alton, Ill., 1912
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  View of Standard Oil Plant, near Alton, Ill., 1912
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  State Street, 1912
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  Third Street, 1912
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  "Old Ladies Home," Alton, Ill., 1919
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  Scene along the Bluff Line, near Alton, Illinois
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  City Hall
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•  1923 - NINE KILLED, 25 HURT IN POWDER EXPLOSION
  ALTON, Ill., July 10 (Associated Press) — Nine persons were killed and twenty-five injured in an explosion this afternoon in the metallic shell...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Alton Mineral Springs Hotel on Ill. State Route No. 3 IL 160-159 and U.S. No. 67 and MO. No. 99 at Bridge Entrance
  Headquarters Alton Automobile Club - A.A.A.
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•  1926 - FOUR MEN KILLED, FIVE INJURED, IN REFINERY BLAST. EXPLOSION, CAUSE OF WHICH IS UNKNOWN, OCCURS IN LIQUID ASPHALT MIXING TANK OF PLANT.
  Alton, Illinois, June 14. - (AP) - Four men were killed and five injured in an explosion and fire at the refinery of the Standard Oil Company of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Lewis and Clark Bridges over Mississippi, Alton, Ill.
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  Alton Memorial Hospital
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  Memorial Gate, Entrance to Monticello College, Alton, Ill.
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